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Remove the custom thumbnail

Remove the custom thumbnail

DELETE/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail

This operation supports dashboard session-cookie authentication. Call it only from trusted server code; browsers must not manufacture or expose the session cookie.

Deletes the custom thumbnail and reverts to the encoder's automatic poster frame when one exists (thumbnailUrl is null otherwise). Requires an API key with write scope, or session-cookie auth plus projectId. Rate limit: 30 requests per 60 s per caller.

Error codes: unauthorized (401), insufficient_scope (403), account_not_approved (403), invalid_project_id (400), not_found (404), video_not_found (404).

Authentication

  • apiKey — Project API key: Authorization: Bearer vh_live_... (live mode) or Authorization: Bearer vh_test_... (test mode). Keys carry read and/or write scopes.
  • sessionCookie — Dashboard session cookie set by POST /v1/auth/login. Video and playback endpoints additionally require the projectId query parameter under cookie auth.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
idpathstring (Ulid)Yes
projectIdquerystring (Ulid)NoRequired when authenticating with the session cookie; ignored under API-key auth (the key is already project-scoped).

Request body

This operation takes no request body.

Responses

StatusMeaning
200The thumbnail after the reset (auto poster or null).
400The request body or query failed validation. The per-operation description lists the exact error.code values.
401No valid credential was presented.
403The credential is valid but does not permit this action. The per-operation description lists the exact error.code values.
404The resource does not exist or is not visible to this caller.
429Rate limit exceeded.

Try it

DELETE
/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail
Test mode only

API playground

Send a live request to api.videohati.com with a test-mode key.

This playground blocks vh_live_ keys. Use a key that starts with vh_test_ only; a request with a live key never leaves your browser.

The key is stored in your browser on docs.videohati.com only.

Required when authenticating with the session cookie; ignored under API-key auth (the key is already project-scoped).

https://api.staging.videohati.com/v1/videos/{id}/thumbnail