(Javascript) Convert plain text links to clickable links

Question

Long story short, I have a website made under Wix.com editor, and coding was made possible a few months ago. I have set up a custom comment box, so users can post their comm

Answer 1

I correct errors philipeachille's code because youtubeID parameter is not correct. I also correct direct youtube links.

convertLinks = input => {
    let text = input;
    const aLink = [];
    const linksFound = text.match(/(?:www|https?)[^\s]+/g);

    if (linksFound != null) {
        for (let i = 0; i < linksFound.length; i++) {
            let replace = linksFound[i];

            if (!(linksFound[i].match(/(http(s?)):\/\//))) {
                replace = 'http://' + linksFound[i]
            }

            let linkText = replace.split('/')[2];

            if (linkText.substring(0, 3) == 'www') {
                linkText = linkText.replace('www.', '')
            }

            if (linkText.match(/youtu/)) {
                const youtubeID = replace.split('/').slice(-1)[0].split('=')[1];

                if (youtubeID === undefined || youtubeID === '') {
                    aLink.push('' + linkText + '');
                } else {
                    aLink.push('');
                }
            } else {
                aLink.push('' + linkText + '');
            }

            text = text.split(linksFound[i]).map(item => {
                return aLink[i].includes('iframe') ? item.trim() : item
            }).join(aLink[i]);
        }
        return text;
    }
    else {
        return input;
    }
};

Usage:

const text = 'Hello. This is a link https://www.google.com and this is youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hnSlicxV4';

convertLinks(text);