[android-components](../../index.md) / [mozilla.components.browser.thumbnails.storage](../index.md) / [ThumbnailStorage](index.md) / [loadThumbnail](./load-thumbnail.md)

# loadThumbnail

`fun loadThumbnail(request: `[`ImageRequest`](../../mozilla.components.support.images/-image-request/index.md)`): Deferred<<ERROR CLASS>?>` [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/browser/thumbnails/src/main/java/mozilla/components/browser/thumbnails/storage/ThumbnailStorage.kt#L68)

Asynchronously loads a thumbnail [Bitmap](#) for the given [ImageRequest](../../mozilla.components.support.images/-image-request/index.md).

