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GET /v1/utils/thumbnail-default

Thumbnail default

Default-Thumbnail-URL (120×90).

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-default" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-default", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-default");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-default",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "quality": "default",
        "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/default.jpg"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-04T13:59:37.796Z",
        "request_id": "38d4ca5e-ecac-40d6-9bb9-67e39070d299"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Default thumbnail URL retrieved successfully",
    "success": true
}