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GET /v1/utils/thumbnail-high

Thumbnail high

High-Thumbnail-URL (480×360).

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/youtube-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-high" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-high", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/youtube-api/v1/utils/thumbnail-high");
curl_setopt($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-high",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "quality": "hqdefault",
        "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-04T13:59:37.898Z",
        "request_id": "b71fac08-eb30-4529-aa7d-057a485e8df6"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "High thumbnail URL retrieved successfully",
    "success": true
}