# Youtube thumbnails **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337 "2019-11-23T19:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/1 "2019-11-23T19:47:04Z")
Create youtube thumbnails when embedding videos. This can then be used as the image field ---
**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/2 "2019-11-23T21:30:43Z")
Does anyone know how this works on YouTube and possibly other sites. Meaning is there a specific frame number that is automatically selected to be the thumbnail. I believe you can choose one and have seen cases where the thumbnail is not even a frame that is found in the video. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/3 "2019-11-23T21:48:18Z")
Found this [https://youtu.be/qomLSfhmZI8](https://youtu.be/qomLSfhmZI8) yet to work out how to do it in google sheet. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Henderson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/les_henderson/32/1142_2.png) [@Les\_Henderson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Les_Henderson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/4 "2019-11-23T21:51:17Z")
> **[Get the Thumbnails of a YouTube Video: Standard URL and File Names](https://joshuawinn.com/get-the-thumbnails-of-a-youtube-video-standard-url-and-file-names/)** > > All the different thumbnail sizes of a YouTube video are accessible from a standard format. All you need is the unique video ID. ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/5 "2019-11-23T22:27:07Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/6 "2019-11-23T23:57:32Z")
You can get a thumbnail for any YouTube video given the video ID: > [https://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO\_ID/0.jpg](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/0.jpg) Using the Template column, you could derive Video and Thumbnail columns from a Video ID column. ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/7 "2019-11-24T07:41:35Z")
Interesting, if anyone has a template like this running, please share what the screenshot looks like! ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/8 "2019-11-24T08:25:25Z")
Gonna have a play later to get it working so will share once I have cracked it ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/9 "2019-11-24T08:26:42Z")
Great! Want this too! ---
**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/10 "2019-11-24T13:02:03Z")
Here is a quick and dirty example. Just copy the spreadsheet and create a Glide app. Then enable add and edit to change the YouTube links. Make sure to only include YouTube links that look like this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_y\_db4dg8Iw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y_db4dg8Iw) with nothing else after the v= but the video ID, since there could be other parameters listed, such as a timestamp to start playing the video, which would break the formula logic. The arrayformula that parses out the YouTube ID from the URL relies on the equals sign to get the ID for the Image link URLs. > **[YouTube Thumnails](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wwv-2tgzHefmWmGNVKT5hyuSGWNdDBIcHFiWnWiOJEg/edit?usp=sharing)** > > Home > > YouTubeLink,ThumbNail1,ThumbNail2,ThumbNail3 > \https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbhciDC5Yt0\,\ **Author:** ![Cisco\_Muratalla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cisco_muratalla/32/12358_2.png) [@Cisco\_Muratalla](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cisco_Muratalla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/11 "2021-02-18T17:37:56Z") Appears solution presented, topic closed. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco\_Muratalla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/cisco_muratalla/32/12358_2.png) [@Cisco\_Muratalla](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Cisco_Muratalla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/youtube-thumbnails/2337/12 "2021-02-18T17:38:00Z")