CODEWITHSUNDEEP
youtube-api
Alexander Kim
Alexander Kim

Reputation: 18411

How to get HQ youtube thumbnails?

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg

That works for small thumbnails.

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/mqdefault.jpg

That works for HQ but only 1 image. Question is how to get 4 HQ thumbnail images?

Upvotes: 87

Views: 160870

Answers (5)

Maciej Bledkowski
Maciej Bledkowski

Reputation: 713

You need to get id from:

youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

And put it in:

i.ytimg.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/maxresdefault.jpg

I hope that I helped :D

Upvotes: 2

vacsati
vacsati

Reputation: 567

YouTube resolutions and images

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<video-id>/<resolution><image>.jpg

Resolution
- lowest resolution
sd - Standard Definition
mq - Medium Quality
hq - High Quality
maxres - MAXimum RESolution

Image
default - Default image (1, 2, 3 shot from video, or custom uploaded)
1 - First shot from video
2 - Second shot from video
3 - Third shot from video

Upvotes: 29

Nate-Wilkins
Nate-Wilkins

Reputation: 5502

Are you referring to the full resolution one?:

https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault.jpg

I don't believe you can get 'multiple' images of HQ because the one you have is the one.

Check the following answer out for more information on the URLs: How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?

For live videos use https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault_live.jpg

- cornips

Upvotes: 163

Prais
Prais

Reputation: 979

Depending on the resolution you need, you can use a different URL:

Default Thumbnail

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/default.jpg

High Quality Thumbnail

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/hqdefault.jpg

Medium Quality

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/mqdefault.jpg

Standard Definition

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/sddefault.jpg

Maximum Resolution

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault.jpg

Note: it's a work-around if you don't want to use the YouTube Data API. Furthermore not all videos have the thumbnail images set, so the above method doesn’t work.

Upvotes: 9

Chandra Kumar
Chandra Kumar

Reputation: 4205

You can simply get HQ youtube thumbnails..

http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID/hqdefault.jpg

Upvotes: 12

Related Questions