youtube embed by url code example

Example 1: 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>');

Example 2: html inbed youtube

Search up "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
#real code
<body>
<iframe width="420" height="345" 
src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ">
</iframe>
</body>

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