PATCH https://api.vidyard.com/dashboard/v1/videos/:video_id/selected_thumbnail DEPRECATED
Set a video's selected thumbnail

Set a video’s selected thumbnails to existing thumbnail or download and create a thumbnail from a given URL

Supported Formats

json

Errors

Code Description
400 Bad Request: body has wrong syntax or unable to handle request
401 Unauthorized: auth_token omitted or authentication failed
403 Forbidden: This action cannot be performed
404 Not Found: The requested resource could not be found
406 Not Acceptable: Accept or Content-Type headers must be application/json, text/csv or application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
409 Conflict: Conflict with the current state of the resource
422 Unprocessable Entity: body has wrong attributes

Examples

EXAMPLE Upload image from URL
REQUEST
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "url": "http://www.pictureplace.com/thumbnail.jpg"
}

RESPONSE
200 (OK)
{
  "thumbnail_type": "custom",
  "url": "http://www.pictureplace.com/thumbnail.jpg",
  "id": 60719,
  "uuid": "34Jf4iLz234v1M2TQRbg",
  "created_at": 1414002317,
  "updated_at": 1414002317
}

EXAMPLE Use existing available video thumbnail
REQUEST
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "thumbnail_id": 60681
}

RESPONSE
200 (OK)
{
  "thumbnail_type": "generated",
  "url": "http://images.cdn.com/9eJxQqf4iLz234v1M2TQRbg.png",
  "id": 60681,
  "uuid": "34Jf4iLz234v1M2TQRbg",
  "created_at": 1403632462,
  "updated_at": 1403632498
}

Params

Param name Description
auth_token
optional

API token needed to authorize requests
This can appear as an attribute in the body of the request or the query parameters on the URL

Validations:

  • Must be a String
thumbnail_id
optional

The thumbnail to set as the selected thumbnails for this video. Thumbnail must already belong to this player.
Either id or url must be set.

Validations:

  • Parameter has to be Integer.
url
optional

A URL for an image to upload to vidyard. This creates a new thumbnail to set as the selected thumbnail for this video.
Either id or url must be set.

Validations:

  • Must be a String