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Put ![videos] in your Markdown

Turn a YouTube, Vimeo or Loom link (and more) into a clickable thumbnail with a play button, ready for GitHub READMEs, websites and docs.

Try an example:

README.md Preview

Your thumbnail will appear here

Title (alt text)

Style

Size

Format

320 × 180px

[![Video title](https://…/youtube/VIDEO_ID)](https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID)

Paste into a README, issue, pull request, discussion or wiki on GitHub.

## Use cases

Works wherever Markdown or HTML does

Built for GitHub first, useful everywhere else.

GitHub strips video players from Markdown. A clickable thumbnail with a play button is the next best thing.

Show a bug reproduction or a Loom demo right in the conversation. It works anywhere GitHub renders Markdown.

A single lightweight image instead of a heavy iframe player. Great for page speed, and it even works in emails.

GitLab, Notion, Obsidian, docs generators: anything that renders Markdown or HTML images.

## How it works

Paste a link

From YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Rumble and more. We find the video for you.
Tweak it

Pick a size, a still image or an animated GIF, and add a title for screen readers.
Copy & paste

Grab the Markdown or HTML snippet and drop it wherever you need it.

## API

Every thumbnail is just an image URL, so you can build them by hand or from a script. No keys, no sign-ups.

README.md

[![Definitely not a rickroll](https://markdown-videos-api.jorgenkh.no/youtube/dQw4w9WgXcQ)](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)

GET /youtube/{video_id}

Still thumbnail of a YouTube video YouTube
GET /youtube/{video_id}.gif

Animated GIF made from frames of the video YouTubeGIF
GET /vimeo/{video_id}

Still thumbnail of a Vimeo video Vimeo
GET /{service}/{video_id}

Still thumbnail for imgur, loom, dailymotion or streamable More services
GET /url?url={video_url}

Thumbnail from any supported link and Rumble Any link