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Method: projects.videoThumbnails.getPixels
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The getPixels method computes an image based on a previous videoThumbnails.create request, requiring an ID and authorization token from that request.
The HTTP request uses the GET method with the URL https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=projects/*/videoThumbnails/*}:getPixels.
The request requires a name path parameter, which is a video thumbnail name obtained from VideoThumbnail.name.
The request body must be empty.
Authorization requires specific OAuth scopes like https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine or https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.
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/v1beta/{name=projects/*/videoThumbnails/*}:getPixels
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