Extract video ID from its URL (e.g. using regex) code example
Example 1: get youtube video id from url javascript
// true when ID is found, false otherwise.
//Extracts youtube ID
<script type="text/javascript">
function youtube_parser(url){
var regExp = /^https?\:\/\/(?:www\.youtube(?:\-nocookie)?\.com\/|m\.youtube\.com\/|youtube\.com\/)?(?:ytscreeningroom\?vi?=|youtu\.be\/|vi?\/|user\/.+\/u\/\w{1,2}\/|embed\/|watch\?(?:.*\&)?vi?=|\&vi?=|\?(?:.*\&)?vi?=)([^
var match = url.match(regExp);
return (match && match[1].length==11)? match[1] : false;
}
</script>
Example 2: get youtube id from url
<script type="text/javascript">
function youtube_parser(url){
var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^
var match = url.match(regExp);
return (match&&match[7].length==11)? match[7] : false;
}
</script>
These are the types of URLs supported
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
http://www.youtube.com/user/IngridMichaelsonVEVO
http://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg
http://www.youtube.com/embed/0zM3nApSvMg?rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg
http://youtu.be/0zM3nApSvMg