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I would like to use Javascript to retrieve thumbnail URLs from Brightcove-hosted videos.

I can't see a way to do that without exposing my Media API token to the client browser. (The with-token method is documented here.)

I don't need a token to show the whole video, so it seems insane and unnecessary that I need a token to get the thumbnail url, which obviously I would want to show to the user anyway.

The only workaround I can devise is to create a middleman interface on the server. (The client JS makes a request to my server, which uses the token to request the thumbnail from BC, then returns it back to the JS.) That's just annoying.

Am I missing something? Is there an alternate way to retrieve video thumbnails in the client without exposing the Media API key?

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According to Brightcove's support, they tell me that the answer is "NO".

They do recommend a server-side relay, which is what I ended up writing, and it works fine.

Disappointing, though.

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