---
title: "Read the authoritative preview thumbnail for a history entry."
method: GET
path: "/clipboard/entries/{id}/thumbnail"
tags: ["clipboard"]
---

# Read the authoritative preview thumbnail for a history entry.

`GET /clipboard/entries/{id}/thumbnail`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in query parameter `auth`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/uniclipboard/apis/uniclipboard-daemon-api/docs/clipboard/entries/:id/thumbnail/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Thumbnail bytes

## Other responses

- `404`: Entry not found
- `410`: Thumbnail unavailable
- `423`: Encryption session locked
- `500`: Thumbnail read failed
- `503`: Thumbnail not ready; retry later

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `fbb48dcd59a2`: 3 breaking, 3 info
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `503`
  - removed the media type `text/plain` for the response with the status `404`
  - removed the media type `text/plain` for the response with the status `500`
  - api operation id `getClipboardThumbnail` removed and replaced with `getClipboardEntryThumbnail`
  - …2 more
- **2026-10-31** `4093f89259c1`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/uniclipboard/apis/uniclipboard-daemon-api/changes/clipboard/entries/:id/thumbnail/get.md)

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