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In this article:

  • gRPC request
  • BatchGetVideoScreenshotsRequest
  • BatchGetVideoScreenshotsResponse
  • VideoScreenshots
  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. Video
  4. BatchGetScreenshots

Video API, gRPC: VideoService.BatchGetScreenshots

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at May 28, 2026
  • gRPC request
  • BatchGetVideoScreenshotsRequest
  • BatchGetVideoScreenshotsResponse
  • VideoScreenshots

Retrieves screenshots taken during the video transcoding process for a list of videos.
This is more efficient than making multiple GetScreenshots requests when retrieving screenshots for several videos.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc BatchGetScreenshots (BatchGetVideoScreenshotsRequest) returns (BatchGetVideoScreenshotsResponse)

BatchGetVideoScreenshotsRequestBatchGetVideoScreenshotsRequest

{
  "channel_id": "string",
  "video_ids": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Field

Description

channel_id

string

Required field. ID of the channel containing the videos.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

video_ids[]

string

List of video IDs for which to retrieve screenshots.

The maximum string length in characters for each value is 50. The number of elements must be in the range 1-100.

BatchGetVideoScreenshotsResponseBatchGetVideoScreenshotsResponse

{
  "video_screenshots": [
    {
      "video_id": "string",
      "screenshots": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Field

Description

video_screenshots[]

VideoScreenshots

List of screenshots for the requested videos.

VideoScreenshotsVideoScreenshots

Field

Description

video_id

string

ID of the video for which screenshots are retrieved.

screenshots[]

string

List of URLs to screenshots taken during the video transcoding process.
These screenshots can be used for thumbnail selection or content preview.
Screenshots are typically taken at regular intervals throughout the video.

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