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Ruediger Jungbeck
Ruediger Jungbeck

Reputation: 2964

Setting a thumbnail image for Google drive

I am trying to set a thumbnail image for a Google drive file (containing a reference to an external external application object):

data={"thumbnail": {
        "mimeType":"image/png",
        "image":base64.urlsafe_b64encode(image)
        }
    }

headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer "+accessToken,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }

rsp=requests.patch("https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/"+id,data=json.dumps(data), timeout=15, headers=headers)

The requests succeeds (200), but the Drive UI does not display the preview.

When I try to load the thumbnailLink from file resource, a 404 status is reported.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 794

Answers (1)

Ruediger Jungbeck
Ruediger Jungbeck

Reputation: 2964

The problem was the thumbnail size. It was too small (100px*70px).

The docs says, that the thumbnail should be 220px or bigger.

The correct description should be: The thumbnail must be 220px or bigger

Upvotes: 1

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