Regex for youtube URL

Question

I am using the following regex for validating youtube video share url\'s.

var valid = /^(http\\:\\/\\/)?(youtube\\.com|youtu\\.be)+$/;
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Answer 1

• You're missing www in your regex
• The second \. should optional (since both youtu.be and youtube are valid)
• + in your regex allows for one or more of (youtube\.com|youtu\.be), not one or more wild-cards
  You need to use a . to indicate a wild-card, and + to indicate you want one or more of them.

Try:

^(https?\:\/\/)?(www\.youtube\.com|youtu\.?be)\/.+$

Test.

If you want it to match URLs with or without the www., just make it optional:

^(https?\:\/\/)?((www\.)?youtube\.com|youtu\.?be)\/.+$

If you want www.youtu.be/... to also match, put the optional www. outside the brackets:

^(https?\:\/\/)?(www\.)?(youtube\.com|youtu\.?be)\/.+$