Generate Thumbnail from Video API

Extract a PNG frame from a video file or URL at a chosen timestamp, with binary download or signed link output for previews and galleries.

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apyhub-apyhub-generate-thumbnail-from-video-openapi.yml Raw ↑
# Derived by API Evangelist from ApyHub's own published service documentation
# (https://apyhub.com/llms.txt -> https://apyhub.com/apyhub/service/generate-thumbnail-from-video).
# Paths verified callable against https://api.apyhub.com (401 = exists + gated).
# Request/response schemas are NOT published by ApyHub and are deliberately omitted.
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Generate Thumbnail from Video API
  description: Extract a PNG frame from a video file or URL at a chosen timestamp, with binary download
    or signed link output for previews and galleries.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: ApyHub
    url: https://apyhub.com/apyhub/service/generate-thumbnail-from-video
servers:
- url: https://api.apyhub.com
  description: ApyHub API
security:
- apyToken: []
tags:
- name: File Conversion
- name: File Manipulation
paths:
  /generate/image-thumbnail/file:
    post:
      operationId: postGenerateImageThumbnailFile
      summary: Generate Thumbnail from Video API
      description: Extracts a single PNG frame from an uploaded video and streams the generated file back
      tags: &id001
      - File Conversion
      - File Manipulation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
      x-apyhub-atoms: 550
  /generate/image-thumbnail/file/url:
    post:
      operationId: postGenerateImageThumbnailFileUrl
      summary: Generate Thumbnail from Video API
      description: Uploads a video file and returns a signed link to a generated PNG frame extracted from
      tags: *id001
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
      x-apyhub-atoms: 550
  /generate/image-thumbnail/url/file:
    post:
      operationId: postGenerateImageThumbnailUrlFile
      summary: Generate Thumbnail from Video API
      description: Extracts a PNG frame from a remote video URL and returns it as a streamed binary respo
      tags: *id001
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
      x-apyhub-atoms: 550
  /generate/image-thumbnail/url:
    post:
      operationId: postGenerateImageThumbnailUrl
      summary: Generate Thumbnail from Video API
      description: Extracts a PNG frame from a remote video URL and returns a signed link to the generate
      tags: *id001
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
      x-apyhub-atoms: 550
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apyToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apy-token