Using forcethumbnail=true and Download=False using python

[enricoluigi]

Im pretty sure this is not the right place to post but i couldnt find an oficial forum or group.

im trying to get the thumbnail url from a video using python, how do i do that?
this is my code wich shows the Url and Title:

def getdata(url)
ydl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL({'outtmpl': '%(id)s%(ext)s'})
result = ydl.extract_info(url,download=False)
url = result['url']
title = result['title']
writecvs(url, title, tags)

Thanks and sorry for posting in the wrong place.

[phihag]

This is the right place to post - what made you think otherwise?

You can simply look into the thumbnail property. Bear in mind that unlike id or title, it may be None or unset. That happens if the service does not provide a thumbnail, doesn't support thumbnails at all, or youtube-dl doesn't correctly extract the thumbnail (in the latter case, feel free to create a new bug report, provided you are using the latest version).

The following code works fine for me:

import youtube_dl


def getdata(url):
    with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL({'outtmpl': '%(id)s%(ext)s'}) as ydl:
        result = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
    url = result['url']
    title = result['title']
    thumbnail = result.get('thumbnail')
    print('url: %r, title: %r, thumbnail: %r' % (url, title, thumbnail))
    # writecvs(url, title, tags)

getdata('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc')

I am closing this issue now, since the code works fine for me. If there is still a problem, please say so and we will reopen it. Thanks!