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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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