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Method: projects.videoThumbnails.getPixels
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Computes an image result from a previous videoThumbnails.create request using its ID and authorization token.
The HTTP request uses the GET method and gRPC Transcoding syntax with a required name path parameter from VideoThumbnail.name.
The request body must be empty, and a successful response is a generic HTTP response.
Authorization requires specific OAuth scopes, including earthengine, earthengine.readonly, cloud-platform, or cloud-platform.read-only.
Computes an image showing the result of a computation. The request includes values (an ID and authorisation token) from a previous videoThumbnails.create request.
HTTP request
GET https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/videoThumbnails/*}:getPixels
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