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How To Get YouTube Thumbnail Images

December 19, 2012 By Michael G. Stults 1 Comment

Looking for a simple way to pull down a YouTube thumbnail image of a video online? I thought this information would be helpful to some of you. I ran across where I wanted to use a thumbnail image to promote a YouTube video and I found myself curious on how to accomplish this. It really is pretty simple so let's dive in here.

The Basic URL to Pull YouTube Thumbnail Image

http://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/#.jpg

Where you see “VIDEO_ID” is where you'd put the unique block of characters that identifies that video. So if the link is http://youtu.be/6Gv9knBA4aA to your video then simply use 6Gv9knBA4aA for the “VIDEO_ID” part of the above URL. [Read more…]

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Hi, my name is Michael Stults. I appreciate you stopping by my site. I work in the online marketing industry and when time permits coupled with my two oldest sons' having (now had) a rare neurological disease called Niemann-Pick Type C, I like to write about topics that interest me. I hope at the same time that I can provide something valuable to you in return. ...Read more

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