Generate Video Thumbnail API
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About
This Utility API allows you to generate a thumbnail video from any part of the given video file or url.
It accepts video files, urls of the videos, Youtube and Dailymotion urls, but may encounter potential issues in terms of functionality and accessibility. These issues can be because of the change in their policies governing content sharing, embedding, or playback mechanisms.
Content creators can swiftly generate captivating video thumbnails for YouTube, enhancing click-through rates and audience engagement. Marketers can create compelling promotional materials with visually appealing video previews. Video editors benefit from efficient thumbnail creation to streamline the selection and organization of clips in the editing process.
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API Documentation
input file: output file
POST
https://api.apyhub.com/generate/video-thumbnail/file
Request example
Method:
POST
Content Type:
multipart/form-data
Query Parameter(s)
Attribute | Type | Mandatory | Description |
---|---|---|---|
output | String | No | The name of the output file, defaults to test-sample.mp4 |
Request Body
Attribute | Type | Mandatory | Description |
---|---|---|---|
video | String | Yes | the source video file in any of supported formats (mp4 ,webm ,flv ,avi ,mkv ,mov ,3gp ) |
start_time | String | No | the time in seconds at which you want to generate the thumbnail. For example: if a video is 3 minutes long and you want to generate video thumbnail from 90th second then this will be as start_time: 90 and it defaults to 0 (generate video thumbnail from 0th second of the video) |
duration | String | No | the thumbnail length. For example: you want to generate the video thumbnail for 4 seconds then it will be as duration: 4 and it defaults to 2 and max duration user can enter is 20 (seconds) |
size | String | No | the dimensions of the generated video file, should be in WidthxHeight format where Width and Height must be divisible by 2 and it defaults to original_size |
Sample Response
A successful request returns the mp4 file in the output parameter specified. If the request fails, the response contains an error code and a message to help determine what went wrong.
HTTP Response Codes
The method may return one of the following HTTP status codes:
Status Code | Description |
---|---|
200 | The request was successful. |
400 | Invalid input - the file is corrupt or the supported inputs are not provided. |
401 | Required authentication information is either missing or not valid for the resource. |
500 | If any unexpected error occurs while processing the request. |
Authentication
All API requests to ApyHub services need to be authenticated. Currently we support
tokens
or basic authentication
mechanisms.
You can generate and view your existing credentials from your workspace settings (on the left side of the navbar) and go to “API Keys".Points to note:
- Credential secrets are generated on the fly and are not stored in plain text, so on generating a credential please save the secrets somewhere safe.
- Use the
apy-token
as the header parameter to pass the token. - Use the
Authorization
header to send the basic authentication credentials.
Error codes
To search for a specific error code, enter the code in the search box below. Alternatively, you can click on the button to view a complete list of all error codes.
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