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The thumbnail image of a package can be accessed by retrieving it from the Package Thumbnail URL.

Anatomy of a Package Thumbnail URL

Like Package URLs, the Package Thumbnail URL is a specially structured URL, containing the Package ID:

http://cache.pando.com/soapservices/SendToWeb?action=thumbnail&id=PackageId


Example: image tag

If you know the Package ID, you can automatically generate an image tag. For example:

<img alt="Spring Street Art" title="Download Spring Street art with Pando"
   src="http://cache.pando.com/soapservices/SendToWeb?action=thumbnail
   &id=5AEDE982393976A10050F2EC7C20C3C5EFDE0BBB">

Which looks like:

Example: image link

Using both the Package Thumbnail URL and the Package URL, could wrap the image in a link to the package itself, like this:

<a href="http://cache.pando.com/soapservices/package.pando?
   id=5AEDE982393976A10050F2EC7C20C3C5EFDE0BBB
   &key=C51E9F2767B6747A9C9841AF7EEB9CC0E967D5B37CEC05B8C9DF310A03958AD2">
   <img alt="Spring Street Art" title="Download Spring Street art with Pando" 
      src="http://cache.pando.com/soapservices/SendToWeb?action=thumbnail
        &id=5AEDE982393976A10050F2EC7C20C3C5EFDE0BBB"/>
</a>

Which looks like:

How Pando Generates Thumbnails

For learn more about how Pando creates thumbnails, see Publish Pretty Pando Packages.