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Acces thumbnail images for PDFs
I'm using Dropbox to store PDF files, and my external application needs to programmatically access a thumbnail image of the first page for each of these PDF files.
These thumbnail images need t...
FoxyLoxy wrote:
...Is there a way to directly access the thumbnail that Dropbox generates for each file via http?
If not, is there a suggested/recommended approach to convert PDF to an image format and use that for a thumbnail?
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Hi FoxyLoxy,
Supported way to get a thumbnail image from wide range of file types is using the API end point 2/files/get_thumbnail_v2 (or use equivalent call in some of Dropbox SDKs). You can embed the image wherever you want directly or store it to Dropbox and create a link to the thumbnail for later use (and so directly available through HTTP). Whatever is more convenient to you.
In Dropbox documentation another way to construct a link for dynamic generation of such images is described (not to store a image which could get outdated), but seems this feature is broken now (on my attempts "Internal Server Error" is the response, persistently).
Hope this gives idea.
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