youtube thumbnail url code example

Example 1: youtube video image

<!-- thumbnail -->
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/mqdefault.jpg

<!-- Others -->
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/default.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg

Example 2: how toget image from a youtube video url

| Thumbnail Name      | Size (px) | URL                                              |
|---------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Player Background   | 480x360   | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/0.jpg         |
| Start               | 120x90    | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/1.jpg         |
| Middle              | 120x90    | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/2.jpg         |
| End                 | 120x90    | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/3.jpg         |
| High Quality        | 480x360   | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/hqdefault.jpg |
| Medium Quality      | 320x180   | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/mqdefault.jpg |
| Normal Quality      | 120x90    | https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/<VIDEO ID>/default.jpg   |

Example 3: How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?

$data = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?key=YOUR_API_KEY&part=snippet&id=T0Jqdjbed40");
$json = json_decode($data);
var_dump($json->items[0]->snippet->thumbnails);