# Web sources search thumbnails

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491>\
**Category:** Web Sources Discussion\
**Created:** [December 23, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491 "2022-12-23T19:12:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/1 "2022-12-23T19:12:31Z")

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I see on the built in Discogs and MusicBrainz in search you can load artwork during search. Is it possible for third party web sources, and what about on Windows?

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/2 "2022-12-23T21:07:26Z")

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It's currently Mac-only (I plan to bring it over to the Windows version sometime next year). You can use `%_coverurl%` as placeholder for the cover thumbnail URL in `[IndexFormat]`.

Please bear in mind that _all_ those covers are downloaded when listing the search results — so only smaller covers make sense.

I'm using what's provided in `thumb` by the Discogs API and the 250px version of the cover provided by the MusicBrainz API (if available).

Thanks for asking!

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**Author:** ![AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/3 "2022-12-23T22:01:10Z")

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Nice, I try it out. It seem like it only likes to be in the beginning of IndexFormat.

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/4 "2022-12-27T15:12:38Z")

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It should work at any position as long as it matches what you output during creation of the index format.

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**Author:** ![AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/5 "2022-12-27T19:33:37Z")

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I tried at, but if not at the beginning it would not load the images.

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491/6 "2022-12-28T18:40:10Z")

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OK, you're right — I've tried with a Tag Source where the fields before %\_coverurl%, also started with an underscore (which then works).