$ man video-thumbnail
/video-thumbnail(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.03
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
mediakitCATEGORY
media
STATUS
● live
NAME
video-thumbnail — video thumbnail / video frame extractor
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/video-thumbnail
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Video thumbnail / video frame extractor. First, middle, or last frame as JPG. fal.ai ffmpeg. Fast — no full transcode.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| video_url | string | Public URL of a video file. | required |
| frame_type | string | 'first' (default), 'middle', or 'last'. enum: first · middle · last | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| image_url | string | Hosted URL of the extracted JPG frame from the video. |
| width | number | Width of the extracted frame in pixels. |
| height | number | Height of the extracted frame in pixels. |
| file_size_bytes | number | Size of the returned JPG file in bytes. |
| content_type | string | MIME type of the extracted frame, typically image/jpeg. |
| frame_type | string | Which frame was extracted: first, middle, or last. |
| source_url | string | Original video URL that the frame was pulled from. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/video-thumbnail \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp" # then ask Claude Code: # "use the video-thumbnail tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- videothumbnailframepreviewextract
- env
- FAL_KEY
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- mediakit
- price
- $0.03 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in mediakit
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| logo-detect | Brand logo detection / brand recognition in images. | $0.03 |
| audio-loudnorm | Audio loudness normalizer (EBU R128 LUFS). | $0.02 |
| csv-to-jsonl | CSV to JSON / CSV to JSONL converter / data pipeline preprocessor. | $0.02 |
| image-translate | Image translator: vision-OCR + Venice translate. | $0.02 |
| image-upscale | Image upscale / 2x upscaler / 4x upscaler / super-resolution / sharpen image / enlarge image without loss. | $0.02 |
| pdf-watermark | PDF watermark / image watermark / video watermark — text or image overlay on PDFs, PNG/JPG/GIF, or MP4/MOV/WEBM. | $0.02 |
| video-to-subtitles | SRT / VTT subtitle generator from video or audio. | $0.02 |
| video-trim | Video trimmer / video cutter / video clip tool. | $0.02 |
SEE ALSO