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Petar N.'s avatar
Petar N.
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10 years ago

Video thumbnails

Hi, your documentation states the following for the get_thumbnail API: "Get a thumbnail for an image. This method currently supports files with the following file extensions: jpg, jpeg, png, tif...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

As you noticed, the actual thumbnail functionality in the API works with more file types than officially documented (like videos) as we've improved the back end over time. Right now, I only recommend relying on the officially documented formats working, so if you want to use this functionality for the unofficial types, please code with that in mind.

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