How to convert YouTube API duration to seconds?

Question

For the sake of interest I want to convert video durations from YouTubes ISO 8601 to seconds. To future proof my solution, I picked a really long video to test it a

Answer 1

Works on python 2.7+. Adopted from a JavaScript one-liner for Youtube v3 question here.

import re

def YTDurationToSeconds(duration):
  match = re.match('PT(\d+H)?(\d+M)?(\d+S)?', duration).groups()
  hours = _js_parseInt(match[0]) if match[0] else 0
  minutes = _js_parseInt(match[1]) if match[1] else 0
  seconds = _js_parseInt(match[2]) if match[2] else 0
  return hours * 3600 + minutes * 60 + seconds

# js-like parseInt
# https://gist.github.com/douglasmiranda/2174255
def _js_parseInt(string):
    return int(''.join([x for x in string if x.isdigit()]))

# example output 
YTDurationToSeconds(u'PT15M33S')
# 933

Handles iso8061 duration format to extent Youtube Uses up to hours