How do I get the YouTube video ID from a URL?

Question

I want to get the v=id from YouTube’s URL with JavaScript (no jQuery, pure JavaScript).

Example YouTube URL formats

http://www.youtube.c

Answer 1

Simple regex if you have the full URL, keep it simple.

results = url.match("v=([a-zA-Z0-9]+)&?")
videoId = results[1] // watch you need.