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Method: projects.locations.videoThumbnails.create
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Creates an ID that can be used to render an image containing an animation of multiple images from a collection.
This is used in conjunction with GetVideoThumbnailPixels. A call to videoThumbnails.create provides an expression and some output options. The result of videoThumbnails.create is an ID that represents an image that is the result of evaluating that expression and applying those options. Subsequently, calls to GetVideoThumbnailPixels can be made to get an image showing all of the elements of an ImageCollection, animated from first to last. The ID will be valid for a moderate period (a few hours).
The request is limited to 512*512*100 pixels in total, across all Images in the ImageCollection. Requests exceeding these limits will result in an error code of 400 (BAD_REQUEST).
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/videoThumbnails
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
parent |
string
Required. The parent of the location where the video thumbnail will be created (e.g., "projects/*").
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:
earthengine.videothumbnails.create
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
workloadTag |
string
User supplied tag to track this computation.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of VideoThumbnail.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of VideoThumbnail.
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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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.
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