# Importing YouTube Thumbnails, User ID, Title, Description and Views

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102>\
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**Created:** [November 7, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102 "2020-11-07T14:02:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![maschera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maschera/32/6730_2.png) [@maschera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/maschera)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102/1 "2020-11-07T14:02:55Z")

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I came across a post from a senior Glider who explained how to extract the thumbnail. But for some reasons, I can’t locate it anymore.

Would you suggest any formulas to extract the below from a single Youtube video link:

- Thumbnail
- User ID
- Title
- Description
- Number of Views

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102/2 "2020-11-07T14:48:31Z")

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Hope this helps.

> [@How to use videos' default thumbnails in inline list view?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-videos-default-thumbnails-in-inline-list-view/10437/8):
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> Hi Naos, YouTube store thumbnail images in links with the same format. Basically what you need is: 1 column to generate the ID of the video. Push that ID into the predefined format and there you go. Here is the link that contains the info you need:

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102/3 "2020-11-07T14:50:01Z")

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Or here is a better version. I think this is the best way to get all of the fields you need.

> **[Import YouTube API Data to Google Sheets \[2020\] | API Connector](https://mixedanalytics.com/knowledge-base/api-connector-integrate-youtube-api-with-google-sheets/)**
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> YouTube provides a Data API, a Reporting API, and an Analytics API, all with different but overlapping functionality. In this guide, we'll be looking at the Data API, which provides basic video and…

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**Author:** ![maschera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/maschera/32/6730_2.png) [@maschera](https://community.glideapps.com/u/maschera)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/importing-youtube-thumbnails-user-id-title-description-and-views/18102/4 "2020-11-09T12:00:25Z")

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Thanks!