Title: [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Libcurl Error for Vimeo
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Libcurl Error for Vimeo

 *  [maylene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maylene/)
 * (@maylene)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/)
 * Running 1.8.1
 * I am getting errors similar to the following for Vimeo embeds:
 * > Error retrieving video information from the URL [http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/<video](http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/<video)
   > id>.php.
   >  Libcurl error 22: The requested URL returned error: 404. If opening
   > that URL in your web browser returns anything else than an error page, the 
   > problem may be related to your web server and might be something your host 
   > administrator can solve.
 * Clicking on the URL leads me to a “not found” error.
 * Tested that I could retrieve the thumbs in [Vimeo’s API playground](http://vimeo.com/api/playground/vimeo.videos.getThumbnailUrls)(
   no token, PHP). I did notice this URL on the page:
 * > [http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=php&method=vimeo.videos.getThumbnailUrls&video_id=<video](http://vimeo.com/api/rest/v2?format=php&method=vimeo.videos.getThumbnailUrls&video_id=<video)
   > id>
 * Did Vimeo change the way thumbs are retrieved, or does this have to do with the
   videos being private/unlisted? Thanks in advance!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/)

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 *  [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/#post-2690700)
 * In my dev environment with plugin 1.8.1 I couldn’t replicate the problem with
   a public video. I created a new post, added “[http://vimeo.com/34255561&#8221](http://vimeo.com/34255561&#8221);
   as the only content, and clicked publish. The thumbnail was added immediately.
 * Do public video thumbnails work for you? It would make sense that the thumbnail
   to private/unlisted videos might not be available.
 *  Thread Starter [maylene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maylene/)
 * (@maylene)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/#post-2690832)
 * Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I am guessing it has to do with public vs private,
   but I also wasn’t sure whether or not it was a new upload thing.
 * In any case, I gave up on the plugin and am now grabbing them from the API playground
   link.
 *  [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/#post-2690836)
 * Are you able to get the thumbnails that Video Thumbnails wasn’t unable to retrieve?
 *  Plugin Author [Sutherland Boswell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sutherlandboswell/)
 * (@sutherlandboswell)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/#post-2690837)
 * [Vimeo’s Simple API](http://vimeo.com/api/docs/simple-api) is for public data
   only. Maybe one day their [advanced API](http://vimeo.com/api/docs/advanced-api)
   could be used instead if a user enters authentication details.
 *  Thread Starter [maylene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maylene/)
 * (@maylene)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-libcurl-error-for-vimeo/#post-2690901)
 * Thanks for the advice and help. Adding authentication details to access private
   content would be great. In the meantime, I’m happy enough with the workaround,
   so I’m closing the issue.

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