APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Zero or more thumbnailSet resources can represent a driveItem.
Each thumbnailSet can have one or more thumbnail objects, which are images that represent the item.
For example, a thumbnailSet may include thumbnail objects, such as common ones including small, medium, or large.
There're many ways to work with thumbnails on OneDrive.
Here are the most common ones:
Enumerate available thumbnails for an item
Retrieve a single thumbnail for an item
Retrieve thumbnail content
Retrieve thumbnails for multiple items in a single request
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/thumbnails
GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails
GET /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails
GET /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails
Additionally, this method supports retrieving the thumbnail with the original orientation EXIF value and without the applied rotation by appending the originalOrientation=true query parameter.
It is currently only supported on OneDrive Personal.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of ThumbnailSet objects in the response body.
Example
The following example shows a request that retrieves available thumbnails for an item in the current user's OneDrive.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Thumbnails.GetAsync();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
mgc-beta drives items thumbnails list --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id}
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
thumbnails, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Thumbnails().Get(context.Background(), nil)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
ThumbnailSetCollectionResponse result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").thumbnails().get();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->thumbnails()->get()->wait();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').thumbnails.get()
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
It returns an array of available thumbnailSets for the item.
Any item in a drive can have zero or more thumbnails.
Note: You can use the select query string parameter to control which thumbnail sizes are returned in the ThumbnailSet.
For example, /thumbnails?select=medium retrieves only the medium sized thumbnails.
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails/{thumb-id}/{size}
Snippet not available
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails/{thumb-id}/{size}/content
Snippet not available
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
The service responds with a redirect to the thumbnail URL.
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Location: https://b0mpua-by3301.files.1drv.com/y23vmagahszhxzlcvhasdhasghasodfi
Thumbnail URLs are cache-safe. The URL changes, if the item changes in a way that requires a new thumbnail to be generated.
Getting thumbnails while listing driveItems
If you're retrieving a list of driveItem resources to display, you can use the $expand query string parameter to also include the thumbnails for those resources.
It enables your app to retrieve thumbnails and items in a single request, instead of issuing many requests.
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/children?$expand=thumbnails
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Children.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Expand = new string []{ "thumbnails" };
});
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
mgc-beta drives items children list --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --expand "thumbnails"
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/drives"
//other-imports
)
requestParameters := &graphdrives.ItemItemsItemChildrenRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Expand: [] string {"thumbnails"},
}
configuration := &graphdrives.ItemItemsItemChildrenRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
children, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Children().Get(context.Background(), configuration)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
DriveItemCollectionResponse result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").children().get(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.expand = new String []{"thumbnails"};
});
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let children = await client.api('/me/drive/items/{item-id}/children')
.version('beta')
.expand('thumbnails')
.get();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Children\ChildrenRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestConfiguration = new ChildrenRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = ChildrenRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->expand = ["thumbnails"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;
$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->children()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.drives.item.items.item.children.children_request_builder import ChildrenRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = ChildrenRequestBuilder.ChildrenRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
expand = ["thumbnails"],
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').children.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
This table defines the possible thumbnail sizes.
While you can request any arbitrary thumbnail size, the defined values are likely to exist and return a value quickly:
Name
Resolution
Aspect Ratio
Description
small
96 longest
Original
Small, highly compressed thumbnail cropped to a square aspect ratio.
medium
176 longest
Original
Cropped to the standard item size for the OneDrive web view.
large
800 longest
Original
Thumbnail with the longest edge resized to 800 pixels.
smallSquare
96x96
Square Crop
Small square thumbnail
mediumSquare
176x176
Square Crop
Small square thumbnail
largeSquare
800x800
Square Crop
Large square thumbnail
Requesting custom thumbnail sizes
In addition to the defined sizes, your app can request a custom thumbnail size by specifying the dimensions of the thumbnail prefixed with c.
For example if your app needs thumbnails that are 300x400, it can request that size like this:
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/thumbnails?select=c300x400_crop
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Thumbnails.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "c300x400_crop" };
});
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
mgc-beta drives items thumbnails list --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id}
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/drives"
//other-imports
)
requestParameters := &graphdrives.ItemItemsItemThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Select: [] string {"c300x400_crop"},
}
configuration := &graphdrives.ItemItemsItemThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
thumbnails, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Thumbnails().Get(context.Background(), configuration)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
ThumbnailSetCollectionResponse result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").thumbnails().get(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"c300x400_crop"};
});
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Thumbnails\ThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestConfiguration = new ThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = ThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["c300x400_crop"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;
$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->thumbnails()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.drives.item.items.item.thumbnails.thumbnails_request_builder import ThumbnailsRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = ThumbnailsRequestBuilder.ThumbnailsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
select = ["c300x400_crop"],
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').thumbnails.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
You can specify the following options after the size of the thumbnail requested:
Examples of custom identifiers
Thumbnail identifier
Resolution
Aspect ratio
Description
c300x400
Bounded by 300x400 box
Original
Generate a thumbnail that fits inside a 300x400 pixel box, maintaining aspect ratio
c300x400_crop
300x400
Cropped
Generate a thumbnail that is 300x400 pixels. It works by resizing the image to fill the 300x400 box and cropping whatever spills outside the box.
Note: The thumbnail returned may not exactly match the pixel dimensions that were requested, but does match the aspect ratio.
In some cases, a larger thumbnail may be returned than was requested, if the thumbnail already exists and can easily be scaled to match the requested resolution.
Remarks
Note In OneDrive for Business and SharePoint:
Using these calls to expand the thumbnails collection doesn't work:
GET /drive/root:/{item-path}?expand=children(expand=thumbnails)
GET /drive/items/{item-id}/children?expand=thumbnails
Thumbnails aren't supported on SharePoint Server 2016.
Error responses
See Error responses for more info about
how errors are returned.