Option to pass custom thumbnail while uploading a video to Twitter through REST API

adobeganesh · 2015-06-22T09:23:47.666Z

Hi,

Is there an option to pass a custom thumbnail when we upload a video to twitter using the REST API(s)?

I am unable to find any such indication in the below pages.
https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/post/media/upload-chunked
https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/uploading-media#chunkedupload

Such a option would give the users more flexibility to customize their posts.

Regards
Ganesh

andypiper · 2015-06-22T12:35:35.588Z

Hi @adobeganesh - thanks for the suggestion - there’s currently no way to do this in the API, but we’ll take this onboard!

arnitahayden · 2017-03-08T17:01:51.306Z

Hello, just wondering if there is an update on this being available in the API?

andypiper · 2017-03-08T18:36:20.481Z

No, there’s nothing in the API to enable custom video thumbnails to be set. I believe this may be possible in the Media Studio tool - this is a business-oriented product and does not have an API available.

arnitahayden · 2017-03-10T01:15:33.189Z

Ok, thank you.

tech_pf · 2017-06-14T11:57:03.283Z

Hello @andypiper,

As per the source Video Thumbnails , it is clear the we can upload custom thumbnail to video. Can you please confirm if the same can be achieved from Rest API or we need to call ads-api.twitter.com for tor attaching thumbnail. If yes, please help how can we get account_id for POST call…

Thanks in advance…

andypiper · 2017-06-14T14:09:52.018Z

This is only available to advertising partners via the Ads API. If you have a valid use case for the Ads API, you can apply for access to the program via this page.