# YRUZ YouTube Thumbnail Downloader

> YRUZ YouTube Thumbnail Downloader is a paid API for AI agents from yruz.one, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Fetches and returns thumbnail image(s) for a given YouTube video URL or video ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://yruz.one/api/toolkit/youtube-thumbnail-downloader?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/yruz-youtube-thumbnail-downloader-453fa8ba
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5JNFklkdZIJZnNgQ21_Sl

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability yruz-youtube-thumbnail-downloader-453fa8ba -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you download the thumbnail image for this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve thumbnail images for YouTube videos given a URL or video ID, especially in automated workflows that build video galleries, content previews, or media catalogs without requiring YouTube API credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed YouTube URL or video ID returns an error or empty result
- Private or deleted YouTube videos may not return a thumbnail
- Rate limiting or network issues could cause timeouts
- Malformed JSON input may result in a 400-level error
- Payment failure (x402) results in access being denied before processing

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## Output

A JSON response containing the tool name ('youtube-thumbnail-downloader') and a result object with thumbnail image data or URLs for the specified YouTube video, typically including various resolution options for the thumbnail.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "YouTube URL or id (required)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tool": "youtube-thumbnail-downloader",
  "result": {}
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/yruz-youtube-thumbnail-downloader-453fa8ba/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from yruz.one](https://www.zero.xyz/host/yruz.one/llms.txt)