---
title: thumbnailURL
framework: medialibrary
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: medialibrary/mlmediaobject/thumbnailurl
---

# thumbnailURL

The location of the media object’s thumbnail image.

## Declaration

```swift
var thumbnailURL: URL? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property is provided as a security-scoped URL. In order to gain access to the file that this URL refers to, the caller must call startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() before and stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() after using the URL to access the file. For more information about security-scoped URLs, see NSURL.

## See Also

### Accessing Object Attributes

- [attributes](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/attributes.md)
- [mediaType](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/mediatype.md)
- [contentType](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/contenttype.md)
- [name](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/name.md)
- [url](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/url.md)
- [originalURL](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/originalurl.md)
- [fileSize](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/filesize.md)
- [modificationDate](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/modificationdate.md)
- [artworkImage](medialibrary/mlmediaobject/artworkimage.md)