get_thumbnail: Get content item thumbnail

In connectapi: Utilities for Interacting with the 'Posit Connect' Server API

Get content item thumbnail

Description

Download the thumbnail for a content item on Connect to a file on your computer.

Usage

get_thumbnail(content, path = NULL)

Arguments

content	A content item.
path	Optional. A path to a file used to write the thumbnail image. If no path is provided, a temporary file with the correct file extension is created.

Value

The path to the downloaded image file, if content has a thumbnail; otherwise NA.

See Also

Other thumbnail functions: delete_thumbnail(), has_thumbnail(), set_thumbnail()

Other content functions: content_delete(), content_item(), content_title(), content_update(), create_random_name(), dashboard_url(), delete_thumbnail(), delete_vanity_url(), deploy_repo(), get_associations(), get_bundles(), get_environment(), get_image(), get_job(), get_jobs(), get_log(), get_vanity_url(), git, has_thumbnail(), lock_content(), permissions, search_content(), set_image_path(), set_integrations(), set_run_as(), set_thumbnail(), set_vanity_url(), swap_vanity_url(), swap_vanity_urls(), terminate_jobs(), verify_content_name()

Examples

## Not run: 
client <- connect()
item <- content_item(client, "8f37d6e0-3395-4a2c-aa6a-d7f2fe1babd0")
thumbnail <- get_thumbnail(item)

## End(Not run)

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