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Get img thumbnails from Vimeo?


I want to get a thumbnail image for videos from Vimeo.

When getting images from Youtube I just do like this:

http://img.youtube.com/vi/HwP5NG-3e8I/2.jpg

Any idea how to do for Vimeo?

Here is same question, without any answer.


Solution

  • From the Vimeo Simple API docs:

    Making a Video Request

    To get data about a specific video, use the following url:

    http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/video_id.output

    video_id The ID of the video you want information for.

    output Specify the output type. We currently offer JSON, PHP, and XML formats.

    So getting this URL http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/6271487.xml

        <videos> 
          <video> 
            [skipped]
            <thumbnail_small>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_100.jpg</thumbnail_small> 
            <thumbnail_medium>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_200.jpg</thumbnail_medium> 
            <thumbnail_large>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_640.jpg</thumbnail_large> 
            [skipped]
        </videos>
    

    Parse this for every video to get the thumbnail

    Here's approximate code in PHP

    <?php
    
    $imgid = 6271487;
    
    $hash = unserialize(file_get_contents("http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/$imgid.php"));
    
    echo $hash[0]['thumbnail_medium'];