PlaylistImages
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A playlistImage
resource identifies
the thumbnail image associated with a playlist.
Methods
The API supports the following methods for playlistImages
resources:
- list
- Returns a collection of playlist images that match the API request parameters. Try it now
.
- insert
- Adds a thumbail image to a playlist. Try it now
.
- update
- Updates the thumbnail image for an existing playlist. Try it now
.
- delete
- Deletes a playlist thumbnail image. Try it now
.
Resource representation
The following JSON structure shows the format of a playlistImages
resource:
{
" kind
"
:
"youtube#playlistImage"
,
" id
"
:
string
,
" snippet
"
:
{
" playlistId
"
:
string
,
" type
"
:
string
,
" width
"
:
string
,
" height
"
:
string
,
}
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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