Systems and methods for generating digital content item previews

A computer implemented method comprising:

• requesting, by a user device, a page from a collaboration system;
• receiving, by the user device, the page, the page including a content item link;
• determining a preview in respect of a content item associated with the content item link is to be generated by receiving, at the user device, a preview generation request from the collaboration system;
• accessing, by the user device, the content item;
• generating, by the user device, a preview for the content item using a preview generation application installed on the user device;
• and
• communicating the preview to the collaboration system.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing sequences of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, via the communication interface, a page view request from a user device, the page view request being in respect of a page;
• identify a content item link in the page for which a preview should be generated, the content item link being in respect of a content item;
• cause generation of a preview in respect of the content item by a preview generation application installed on the user device by:
• generating a preview generation request for the user device to generate the preview in respect of the content item;
• and
• communicating the preview generation request to the user device;
• receive, via the communication interface, a preview generated by the preview generation application installed on the user device;
• and
• store the preview.