How to get id from url in javascript? [duplicate]

Question

I have a url and just want to get the id:

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/223ac74c-0a2f-4f36-b78b-a8ad8a6e3009

Guess I could just look for the '/' at the end and split up the string into substring. What would be a more elegant/better way to just get the id: 223ac74c-0a2f-4f36-b78b-a8ad8a6e3009?

location.pathname.split('/').pop() is one approach (assuming no hash or query params in url) — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented May 18, 2018 at 0:55

Zohaib Ijaz · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-18 02:33:57Z

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You can use Array.prototype.substring or regex

let url = 'https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/112233444';
let id = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
console.log(id);

// Or using regex
id = url.match(/\d+$/)[0];
console.log(id);

// If your id is some hash or uuid then
url  = 'https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/223ac74c-0a2f-4f36-b78b-a8ad8a6e3009';
console.log(url.match(/video\/(.*)$/)[1]);

edited May 18, 2018 at 2:33

answered May 18, 2018 at 0:54

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5 Comments

bier hier Over a year ago

awesome dude thanks

Zohaib Ijaz Over a year ago

I updated answer, don't forget to add $ at the end of regex otherwise it will match any number inside url

bier hier Over a year ago

What if the id looks like this:223ac74c-0a2f-4f36-b78b-a8ad8a6e3009

Zohaib Ijaz Over a year ago

@bierhier Updated answer. Added similar scenario

bier hier Over a year ago

many thanks, good on ya

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