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Method: projects.thumbnails.getPixels

Page Summary

Computes and shows the result of a computation as an image.
Requires an ID and authorization token from a previous thumbnails.create request.
Uses a GET HTTP request with a specific URL format and requires a thumbnail name as a path parameter.
The request body must be empty, and the response is a generic HTTP response.
Authorization requires one of four specific OAuth scopes related to Earth Engine or Cloud Platform.

Computes an image showing the result of a computation. The request includes values (an ID and authorisation token) from a previous thumbnails.create request.

HTTP request

GET https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{name=projects/*/thumbnails/*}:getPixels

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`name`	`string` Required. A thumbnail name from `Thumbnail.name` .

name

string

Required. A thumbnail name from Thumbnail.name .

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response is a generic HTTP response whose format is defined by the method.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine.readonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only

For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview .

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