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How to get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API

Each YouTube video has 4 generated images. They are predictably formatted as follows: # http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg # http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg # http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg # http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg The first one in the list is a full size image and others are thumbnail images. The default thumbnail image (ie. one of 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg) is: http://img.youtube.com/vi//default.jpg For …