django-youtube-thumbnail

Quickly pull the highest resolution thumbnail image available for a YouTube video.

Quick start

1. Install the package from pypi:

   pip install django-youtube-thumbnail

2. Add "youtube_thumbnail" your INSTALLED_APPS:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       ...
       'youtube_thumbnail',
   )

3. Use the provided template tag to get the thumbnail

{% load youtube_thumbnail %}
<img src="{% youtube_thumbnail_url 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' %}">

Cache

If you have the django cache enabled, thumbnail results will be cached to avoid unnecessary lookups.