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Getting Media File Screenshot

Last updated: 2024-06-12 15:47:04

    Feature Description

    This API (GetSnapshot) is used to get a screenshot of a media file at some time point.
    

    Instructions

    This API is in sync mode. For the async mode, see Submitting Screenshot Job.

    Sample Request

    1. Via GET request

    GET /for-test.mp4?ci-process=snapshot&time=1&format=jpg HTTP/1.1
    Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com
    Date: <GMT Date>
    Authorization: <Auth String>
    Content-Length: <length>

    2. Via adding parameters to URL

    https://<BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com/for-test.mp4?ci-process=snapshot&time=1&format=jpg&<Auth String>
    Note:
    Authorization: Auth String (for more information, see Request Signature).
    When this feature is used by a sub-account, relevant permissions must be granted.

    Request headers

    This API only uses common request headers. For more information, see Common Request Headers.

    Request parameters

    The parameters are described as follows:
    Parameter
    Description
    Type
    Required
    ci-process
    Operation type, which is fixed at snapshot.
    String
    Yes
    time
    Screenshot time point in seconds.
    float
    Yes
    width
    Screenshot width. Default value: 0
    Int
    No
    height
    Screenshot height. Default value: 0.
    If width and height are both 0, the width and height of the video are used. If one of them is 0, the other value is used to automatically adapt to the aspect ratio of the video.
    Int
    No
    format
    Screenshot format. Valid values: jpg, png. Default value: jpg.
    String
    No
    rotate
    Image rotation method
    auto: Rotate automatically according to the video rotation information.
    off: Do not rotate.
    Default value: auto.
    String
    No
    mode
    Frame capturing method
    keyframe: Capture the last keyframe before the specified time point.
    exactframe: Capture the frame at a specified time point.
    Default value: exactframe.
    String
    No

    Request body

    This request does not have a request body.

    Response

    Response headers

    This response contains common response headers. For more information, see Common Response Headers.

    Response body

    The response body is the screenshot file content.

    Error codes

    There are no special error messages for this request operation. For common error messages, see Error Codes.

    Samples

    Request 1. GET request

    GET /for-test.mp4?ci-process=snapshot&time=1.5 HTTP/1.1
    Host: examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com
    Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2016 09:45:46 GMT
    Authorization: q-sign-algorithm=sha1&q-ak=AKIDWtTCBYjM5OwLB9CAwA1Qb2ThTSUjfG****-sign-time=1484213027;32557109027&q-key-time=1484213027;32557109027&q-header-list=host&q-url-param-list=acl&q-signature=dcc1eb2022b79cb2a780bf062d3a40e120b40652
    Content-Length: 0

    Request 2. Adding parameters to URL

    https://examplebucket-1250000000.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com/for-test.mp4?ci-process=snapshot&time=1.5&q-sign-algorithm=sha1&q-ak=AKID********************************&q-sign-time=1650425932;1650433132&q-key-time=1650425932;1650433132&q-header-list=&q-url-param-list=&q-signature=********404b08ea7f7b8f803961bedd5
    

    Response

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: image/jpeg
    Content-Length: 266005
    Connection: keep-alive
    Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2016 09:45:46 GMT
    Server: tencent-cos
    x-cos-request-id: NTg3NzRiMjVfYmRjMzVfMTViMl82ZGZmNw==
    
    
    
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