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In this article:

  • gRPC request
  • GetThumbnailRequest
  • Thumbnail
  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. Thumbnail
  4. Get

Video API, gRPC: ThumbnailService.Get

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 25, 2025
  • gRPC request
  • GetThumbnailRequest
  • Thumbnail

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

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc Get (GetThumbnailRequest) returns (Thumbnail)

GetThumbnailRequestGetThumbnailRequest

{
  "thumbnail_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

thumbnail_id

string

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

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

ThumbnailThumbnail

{
  "id": "string",
  "channel_id": "string",
  // Includes only one of the fields `episode_id`, `video_id`
  "episode_id": "string",
  "video_id": "string",
  // end of the list of possible fields
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp"
}

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.

channel_id

string

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

episode_id

string

ID of the episode which the thumbnail is associated with.

Includes only one of the fields episode_id, video_id.

video_id

string

ID of the video which the thumbnail is associated with.

Includes only one of the fields episode_id, video_id.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Timestamp when the thumbnail was initially created in the system.

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