---
title: "Thumbnail Publish"
method: POST
path: "/api/thumbnail/publish"
---

# Thumbnail Publish

`POST /api/thumbnail/publish`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openshorts.app` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openshorts.app/api/thumbnail/publish`
- Auth: none declared

Kick off a background upload to YouTube via Upload-Post and return immediately.

## Request body `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`

- BodyThumbnailPublishApiThumbnailPublishPost
  - `session_id` string, required
  - `title` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `thumbnail_url` string, required
  - `api_key` string, nullable
  - `user_id` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/openshorts/apis/openshorts-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/openshorts/apis/openshorts-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/openshorts/apis/openshorts-api/revisions/62b7629b5e88?raw)