Get img thumbnails from Vimeo?

From the Vimeo Simple API docs:

Making a Video Request

To get data about a specific video, use the following url:

http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/video_id.output

video_id The ID of the video you want information for.

output Specify the output type. We currently offer JSON, PHP, and XML formats.

So getting this URL http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/6271487.xml

    <videos> 
      <video> 
        [skipped]
        <thumbnail_small>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_100.jpg</thumbnail_small> 
        <thumbnail_medium>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_200.jpg</thumbnail_medium> 
        <thumbnail_large>http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/235/662/23566238_640.jpg</thumbnail_large> 
        [skipped]
    </videos>

Parse this for every video to get the thumbnail

Here's approximate code in PHP

<?php

$imgid = 6271487;

$hash = unserialize(file_get_contents("http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/$imgid.php"));

echo $hash[0]['thumbnail_medium'];

In javascript (uses jQuery):

function vimeoLoadingThumb(id){    
    var url = "http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/" + id + ".json?callback=showThumb";

    var id_img = "#vimeo-" + id;

    var script = document.createElement( 'script' );
    script.src = url;

    $(id_img).before(script);
}


function showThumb(data){
    var id_img = "#vimeo-" + data[0].id;
    $(id_img).attr('src',data[0].thumbnail_medium);
}

To display it :

<img id="vimeo-{{ video.id_video }}" src="" alt="{{ video.title }}" />
<script type="text/javascript">
  vimeoLoadingThumb({{ video.id_video }});
</script>

You should parse Vimeo's API's response. There is no way to it with URL calls (like dailymotion or youtube).

Here is my PHP solution:

/**
 * Gets a vimeo thumbnail url
 * @param mixed $id A vimeo id (ie. 1185346)
 * @return thumbnail's url
*/
function getVimeoThumb($id) {
    $data = file_get_contents("http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/$id.json");
    $data = json_decode($data);
    return $data[0]->thumbnail_medium;
}

Using jQuery jsonp request:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $.ajax({
        type:'GET',
        url: 'http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/' + video_id + '.json',
        jsonp: 'callback',
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        success: function(data){
            var thumbnail_src = data[0].thumbnail_large;
            $('#thumb_wrapper').append('<img src="' + thumbnail_src + '"/>');
        }
    });
</script>

<div id="thumb_wrapper"></div>

Get img thumbnails from Vimeo?

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