Youtube Video ID From URL - Objective C

Question

I basically have a Youtube url as an NSString, but I need to extract the video id that is displayed in the url. I found many tutorials on how to do this in php or and other

Answer 1

Here is RegExp it cover these cases

Objective C

- (NSString *)extractYoutubeIdFromLink:(NSString *)link {
    NSString *regexString = @"((?<=(v|V)/)|(?<=be/)|(?<=(\\?|\\&)v=)|(?<=embed/))([\\w-]++)";
    NSRegularExpression *regExp = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:regexString
                                                                            options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive
                                                                              error:nil];

    NSArray *array = [regExp matchesInString:link options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0,link.length)];
    if (array.count > 0) {
        NSTextCheckingResult *result = array.firstObject;
        return [link substringWithRange:result.range];
    }
    return nil;
}

Swift

func extractYoutubeIdFromLink(link: String) -> String? {
    let pattern = "((?<=(v|V)/)|(?<=be/)|(?<=(\\?|\\&)v=)|(?<=embed/))([\\w-]++)"
    guard let regExp = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .CaseInsensitive) else {
        return nil
    }
    let nsLink = link as NSString
    let options = NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0)
    let range = NSRange(location: 0,length: nsLink.length)
    let matches = regExp.matchesInString(link as String, options:options, range:range)
    if let firstMatch = matches.first {
        return nsLink.substringWithRange(firstMatch.range)
    }
    return nil
}

Swift 3

func extractYoutubeIdFromLink(link: String) -> String? {
    let pattern = "((?<=(v|V)/)|(?<=be/)|(?<=(\\?|\\&)v=)|(?<=embed/))([\\w-]++)"
    guard let regExp = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: .caseInsensitive) else {
        return nil
    }
    let nsLink = link as NSString
    let options = NSRegularExpression.MatchingOptions(rawValue: 0)
    let range = NSRange(location: 0, length: nsLink.length)
    let matches = regExp.matches(in: link as String, options:options, range:range)
    if let firstMatch = matches.first {
        return nsLink.substring(with: firstMatch.range)
    }
    return nil
}