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Method: projects.thumbnails.getPixels
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The getPixels method computes and returns an image based on a previous thumbnails.create request, requiring the ID and authorization token from that request.
This method uses an HTTP GET request to a specific URL that incorporates gRPC Transcoding syntax.
The request requires a name path parameter, which is the thumbnail name from Thumbnail.name, and the request body must be empty.
Successful responses are generic HTTP responses, and authorization requires specific OAuth scopes like https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine or https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.
Computes an image showing the result of a computation. The request includes values (an ID and authorisation token) from a previous thumbnails.create request.
HTTP request
GET https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=projects/*/thumbnails/*}:getPixels
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