youtube get embed link from url code example
Example: get youtube embed code from url
<----------------------------------- HTML ---------------------------------->
YouTube ID: <span id="myId"></span>
<br />
<br />
Embed code: <pre id="myCode"></pre>
function getId(url) {
var regExp = /^.*(youtu.be\/|v\/|u\/\w\/|embed\/|watch\?v=|\&v=)([^#\&\?]*).*/;
var match = url.match(regExp);
if (match && match[2].length == 11) {
return match[2];
} else {
return 'error';
}
}
<----------------------------------- JS ---------------------------------->
var myId = getId('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYf5_S7oJo');
$('#myId').html(myId);
$('#myCode').html('<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/' + myId + '" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>');