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GET
/
v1
/
videos
/
{id}
/
thumbnail
Get a video thumbnail or animated preview
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.tella.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "url": "<string>"
}
{
"error": {
"code": "bad_request",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#bad-request",
"message": "The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication is required. Provide a valid API key."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "forbidden",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#forbidden",
"message": "You don't have permission to access this resource."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#not-found",
"message": "The requested resource was not found."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "unprocessable_entity",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity",
"message": "The request was well-formed but contained semantic errors."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#rate-limit-exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded the rate limit. Please slow down."
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "internal_server_error",
"doc_url": "https://tella.tv/docs/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server."
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key obtained from your Tella account settings

Path Parameters

id
string
required

Unique video identifier

Example:

"vid_abc123def456"

Query Parameters

format
enum<string>

Output format. Defaults to jpg.

Available options:
jpg,
png,
webp,
gif,
mp4
Example:

"jpg"

inpointMs
integer

Frame offset in ms on the playback timeline (cuts applied) — clip-relative for the clip thumbnail, video-relative (cumulative across clips) for the video thumbnail. Defaults to 0.

Required range: 0 <= x <= 9007199254740991
Example:

1000

durationMs
integer

Duration of the animated preview in ms. Only valid when format is gif or mp4.

Required range: x <= 9007199254740991
Example:

3000

width
integer

Output width in pixels. The thumbnail keeps the video's aspect ratio; a missing side is derived from it.

Required range: x <= 9007199254740991
Example:

1280

height
integer

Output height in pixels. Derived from the video's aspect ratio when omitted.

Required range: x <= 9007199254740991
Example:

720

download

Suggest a download disposition on the signed URL.

Available options:
true
Example:

"false"

response
enum<string>

Set to 'json' to receive {url} instead of the default 302 redirect.

Available options:
json
Example:

"json"

Response

Returned when ?response=json is set

Signed CDN URL for the requested thumbnail. Returned only when ?response=json is set; otherwise the endpoint redirects to the URL with a 302.

url
string<uri>
required