import { match } from 'ts-pattern'

type Format = 'webp' | 'jpg'

type Params = {
  id: string
  quality: keyof typeof QUALITY_MAP
  format: Format
}

const QUALITY_MAP = {
  player_background: '0',
  video_frames_start: '1',
  video_frames_middle: '2',
  video_frames_end: '3',
  lowest_quality: 'default',
  medium_quality: 'mqdefault',
  high_quality: 'hqdefault',
  standard_quality: 'sddefault',
  unscaled_resolution: 'maxresdefault',
}

const BASE_URL = 'https://i.ytimg.com'

const VI = (format: Format) =>
  match(format)
    .with('jpg', () => 'vi')
    .otherwise(() => ['vi', format].join('_'))

export function getThumbnail({ id, quality, format }: Params) {
  return [BASE_URL, VI(format), id, QUALITY_MAP[quality]]
    .join('/')
    .concat(`.${format}`)
}

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• https://christianheilmann.com/2023/01/11/getting-all-the-video-thumbnails-from-a-youtube-video/