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In this article:

  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Response
  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. Thumbnail
  4. Get

Video API, REST: Thumbnail.Get

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 25, 2025
  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Response

Retrieves detailed information about a specific thumbnail by its ID.
Returns all thumbnail metadata and related information.

HTTP requestHTTP request

GET https://video.api.cloud.yandex.net/video/v1/thumbnails/{thumbnailId}

Path parametersPath parameters

Field

Description

thumbnailId

string

Required field. ID of the thumbnail to retrieve.
Must be a valid thumbnail identifier string.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

ResponseResponse

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "channelId": "string",
  // Includes only one of the fields `episodeId`, `videoId`
  "episodeId": "string",
  "videoId": "string",
  // end of the list of possible fields
  "createdAt": "string"
}

Entity representing an image used as a visual representation for various content entities.
Thumbnails provide preview images for channels, streams, episodes, videos, and stream lines.

Field

Description

id

string

Unique identifier of the thumbnail.

channelId

string

Identifier of the channel where the thumbnail is created and managed.

episodeId

string

ID of the episode which the thumbnail is associated with.

Includes only one of the fields episodeId, videoId.

videoId

string

ID of the video which the thumbnail is associated with.

Includes only one of the fields episodeId, videoId.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Timestamp when the thumbnail was initially created in the system.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

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