---
title: "Get Video Thumbnail"
method: POST
path: "/metadata/thumbnail/extract"
tags: ["Metadata"]
---

# Get Video Thumbnail

`POST /metadata/thumbnail/extract`

Extracts (reads) Video Thumbnail.

## Request body

- object
  - `video_url` string, uri — Source video URL.
  - `source` 'auto' | 'container' | 'timestamp'
  - `timestamps` string[], nullable — List up to 4 timestamps to extract frames from. <a href="https://docs.picsart.io/docs/video-timestamps/">Several timestamp formats</a> are supported.

## Response `200`

Success.

- object
  - `data` object[]
    - `id` string, nullable
    - `url` string, uri
  - `status` 'success' | 'error' | 'processing' | 'queued'

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `402` — Payment Required
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `405` — Method Not Allowed
- `413` — Request Entity Too Large
- `415` — Unsupported Media Type
- `429` — Too Many Requests
- `431` — Request Header Fields Too Large
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable

---

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