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+## YouTube thumbnail extractor in Python
+First you need to Install the pytube library. You can install pytube using following:<br>
+pip install pytube
+<br>
+
+## Note
+Make sure to replace "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=your_video_id" with the actual YouTube video URL you want to extract the thumbnail from and specify the desired output directory.
+<br>
+Run the script. It will extract the thumbnail URL and download the thumbnail image to the specified directory.
+<br>
+Thank you
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+import os
+from pytube import YouTube
+from pytube.exceptions import VideoUnavailable
+
+# Function to extract thumbnails
+def extract_thumbnail(video_url, output_directory):
+    try:
+        # Validate video URL
+        if not video_url.startswith("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v="):
+            raise ValueError("Invalid YouTube video URL")
+
+        # Create a YouTube object
+        yt = YouTube(video_url)
+
+        # Get video's thumbnail URL
+        thumbnail_url = yt.thumbnail_url
+
+        # Download thumbnail image
+        thumbnail_path = os.path.join(output_directory, "thumbnail.jpg")
+        yt.streams.filter(file_extension='jpg').first().download(output_path=output_directory, filename="thumbnail")
+
+        return thumbnail_path
+    except VideoUnavailable as e:
+        return f"Video is unavailable: {str(e)}"
+    except ValueError as e:
+        return f"Invalid video URL: {str(e)}"
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"An error occurred: {str(e)}"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    video_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=your_video_id"  # Replace with the YouTube video URL
+    output_directory = "thumbnails"  # Replace with your desired output directory
+
+    # Create the output directory if it doesn't exist
+    if not os.path.exists(output_directory):
+        os.makedirs(output_directory)
+
+    thumbnail_url = extract_thumbnail(video_url, output_directory)
+    if "Error" in thumbnail_url:
+        print(thumbnail_url)
+    else:
+        print(f"Thumbnail URL: {thumbnail_url}")
+        print(f"Thumbnail image downloaded to {output_directory}/thumbnail.jpg")