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Resource Information


Method	GET
URL	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/$guid/poster
Requires authentication?	No

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$guid	(string)	The guid of the video

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
context	(string)	display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc.. edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope	(bool)	false: (default) true: Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty	(bool)	false: (default) true: Output pretty JSON
meta	(string)	Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields	(string)	Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback	(string)	An optional JSONP callback function.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
poster	(string)	The url of the poster for the given videopress video

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.

Example

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8/poster'

<?php
$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/OO4thna8/poster',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>

Response

{
    "poster": "https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/videos.files.wordpress.com\/OO4thna8\/videopress2-web2_hd.original.jpg?ssl=1"
}