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Method: projects.videoThumbnails.getPixelsStay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
AI-generated Key Takeaways
Computes an image result from a previousvideoThumbnails.createrequest using its ID and authorization token.
The HTTP request uses the GET method and gRPC Transcoding syntax with a requirednamepath parameter fromVideoThumbnail.name.
The request body must be empty, and a successful response is a generic HTTP response.
Authorization requires specific OAuth scopes, includingearthengine,earthengine.readonly,cloud-platform, orcloud-platform.read-only.
Computes an image showing the result of a computation. The request includes values (an ID and authorisation token) from a previousvideoThumbnails.createrequest.
HTTP request
GET https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/videoThumbnails/*}:getPixels
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