parse youtube video id from string with javascript

Question

hello I found lots of threads here which explains how to parse youtube id from url but nothing I found which can extract youtube video id from string.

I need a function which can return me youtube video id from url

For Example I have string

> Hello this is my string and this is my youtube video : http://youtube.com/w=abcdef and this is my blog http://stackoverflow.com etc etc.

and it should return

> Hello this is my string and this is my youtube video : abcdef and this is my blog http://stackoverflow.com etc etc.

Trying this function but not working properly

function linkifyYouTubeURLs(text) {
    var re = /https?:\/\/(?:[0-9A-Z-]+\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com\S*[^\w\s-])([\w-]{11})(?=[^\w-]|$)(?![?=&+%\w.-]*(?:['"][^<>]*>|<\/a>))[?=&+%\w.-]*/ig;
    return text.replace(re,
        '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1">YouTube link: $1</a>');
}

Mr Gates, would you be kind enough to provide and example of one function your tried? :-) — mins
– mins, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 5:21
How did you get the link http://youtube.com/w=abc, you sure it is correct? I tried replacing "abc" with video id and the link is still not working. — Sheepy
– Sheepy, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 5:47
linkifyYouTubeURLs( "My youtube video : http://youtube.com/watch?v=bRnm8f6Wavk and my blog etc." ) gives me your expected result. What is the real problem? — Sheepy
– Sheepy, Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 5:54

Rahul Tripathi · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-22 05:34:48Z

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Try this:

var re = /(?:youtube\.com\/(?:[^\/]+\/.+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|.*[?&]v=)|youtu\.be\/)([^"&?\/ ]{11})/i;

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edited Apr 22, 2015 at 5:34

answered Apr 22, 2015 at 5:24

Rahul Tripathi

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user4353985 Over a year ago

it would be great if you can provide me some example as I tried so many regex before and it works but can't get my expected output

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