getting the youtube id from a link

Question

I got this code to get the youtube id from the links like www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxx

  URL youtubeURL = new URL(link);
  youtubeURL.getQuery();
         


        

Answer 1

Tried the other ones but failed in my case - adjusted the regex to fit for my urls

String pattern = "(?<=watch\\?v=|/videos/|embed\\/)[^#\\&\\?]*";
    
    Pattern compiledPattern = Pattern.compile(pattern);
    Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(url);

    if(matcher.find()){
        return matcher.group();
    }

This one works for: (you could also implement a security check youtubeid length = 11 )

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Woq5iX9XQhA?html5=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=384IUU43bfQ

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/xTmi7zzUa-M&whatever

Woq5iX9XQhA

384IUU43bfQ

xTmi7zzUa-M