Using the API, you can pick up default thumbnail image. If you want the biggest image from YouTube for a specific video ID, then the URL should be something like this: The information about a YouTube video by submitting a URL or video id. You can also use the YouTube Video Information Generator tool to get all

Retrieve YouTube Video Details using JavaScript - JSON & API v2.

You can find JavaScript and PHP scripts to retrieve thumbnails and other Probably based on whether the video is high-quality. There are some thumbnails guaranteed to exist: Width | Height | URLĪdditionally, the some other thumbnails may or may not exist. Also, the thumbnails' image sizes depends on the video (the numbersīelow are based on one). However, not every YouTube video contains all nine However, few thousand requests per day are free. * Not only that you need a key, you might be asked for billing information depending on the number of API requests you plan to make. Var_dump($json->items->snippet->thumbnails) Obtain the key and create a videos: list request: Įxample PHP Code $data = file_get_contents('') You can use YouTube Data API to retrieve video thumbnails, caption, description, rating, statistics and more.

Additionally, the slightly shorter hostname i3. works in place of in the example URLs above.Īlternatively, you can use the YouTube Data API (v3) to get thumbnail images.

There is also a medium quality version of the thumbnail, using a URL similar to the HQ: įor the standard definition version of the thumbnail, use a URL similar to this: įor the maximum resolution version of the thumbnail use a URL similar to this: Īll of the above URLs are available over HTTP too. The default thumbnail image (i.e., one of 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg) is: įor the high quality version of the thumbnail use a URL similar to this: The first one in the list is a full size image and others are thumbnail images. They are predictably formatted as follows: Each YouTube video has four generated images.

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