Get Content Thumbnail (REST)

Overview

The REST Web Service, located at /thumbnails, returns a thumbnail image for a file. You can save the thumbnail image for use elsewhere, or access it in other systems programmatically.

Request URL

From your browser, call the REST Web Service in the format:

http://myserver/thumbnails/1234.jpg

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Max Length	Description
`id`	`Integer`		8	The Content ID of the content file on the server. In the above example URL, `1234` is the ID.

The ID parameter can be determined by looking at URL paths in the web application. For example, the following URL from the content details page shows a Program ID of 1234:

http://myserver/content/show/1234?more=HWTTTT

Also, you can use the Get Content Metadata by Filename REST service to find the content ID, if needed.

Return

Success

The thumbnail for the content is displayed.

You may right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) to save the thumbnail image to your hard drive.

Failure

HTTP Code	Response String	Description
`200`	`File not found.`	Content file for the ID you passed was not found in your system.