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Formula to receive youtube thumbnail from video ID

  • June 20, 2020
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Hi!

I’m creating a base of videos from youtube.
I have an attachment column in my base and I want to put there video thumbnail.

All thumbnails have the same link but with different ID.

For example:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAl9SayLzTE
ID: pAl9SayLzTE
Thumbnail link: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pAl9SayLzTE/maxresdefault.jpg

Questions:

  1. Is there a formula that will create a link to thumbnail with a known ID from another cell?
    So I need some formula that will insert ID in a template

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XXXXXXX/maxresdefault.jpg instead of XXXXXXX

  1. How can I insert the result of this formula in the Attachment field?

  2. Can I somehow receive other info about a video by the link or video ID? (I understand that is another question and big topic, but maybe you have some useful links to read)

Thanx!

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    So, I found myself formula

    REPLACE(“https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x/maxresdefault.jpg”, 24, 1, ID)

    But know I can’t find a solution for question №2.
    How I can use link from the field Link To Thumbnail and insert in the field Attachement?

    ScottWorld
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    • ScottWorld
    • Genius
    • June 21, 2020

    So, I found myself formula

    REPLACE(“https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x/maxresdefault.jpg”, 24, 1, ID)

    But know I can’t find a solution for question №2.
    How I can use link from the field Link To Thumbnail and insert in the field Attachement?


    For #2, check out this amazing extension which does exactly what you need:

    For #3, my guess is that you can do this with the YouTube API via a JavaScript using Airtable’s scripting block, but I’m not 100% sure.

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      • mjk200
      • New Participant
      • February 2, 2023

      The default thumbnail image for a YouTube video can be obtained using the following URL format:

      https://img.youtube.com/vi/ <video_id>/maxresdefault.jpg

      Replace <video_id> with the actual ID of the YouTube video.

      For example, if the video ID is "ABCDEFGHIJK", the URL for the default thumbnail image would be:

      https://img.youtube.com/vi/ABCDEFGHIJK/maxresdefault.jpg 

      Further: you can obtain thumbnails direct without any difficulty, use this Youtube Thumbnail Downloader Online HD

      Reference: youtube video URL

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      • khalkhan34
      • New Participant
      • December 21, 2025

      Hi!

      I’m creating a base of videos from youtube.
      I have an attachment column in my base and I want to put there video thumbnail.

      All thumbnails have the same link but with different ID.

      For example:
      Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAl9SayLzTE
      ID: pAl9SayLzTE
      Thumbnail link: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pAl9SayLzTE/maxresdefault.jpg

      Questions:

      1. Is there a formula that will create a link to thumbnail with a known ID from another cell?
        So I need some formula that will insert ID in a template

      https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XXXXXXX/maxresdefault.jpg instead of XXXXXXX

      15100iFF76BC6A06537F91.png

      1. How can I insert the result of this formula in the Attachment field?

      2. Can I somehow receive other info about a video by the link or video ID? (I understand that is another question and big topic, but maybe you have some useful links to read)

      Thanx!

      here is my youtube thumbnail downloader tool if you like kindly https://taymu.com

      K
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      • khalkhan34
      • New Participant
      • December 21, 2025

      here is my youtube thumbnail downloader tool if you like kindly https://taymu.com

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