Get video id from Vimeo url

Question

I\'m trying to find the best regexp to fetch vimeo video id from URL.

Example urls :

https://vimeo.com/11111111
http://vimeo.com/1111111         


        

Answer 1

The following regex will return the id on group 1 for those who only want to retrieve this information. It works with all the example URLs given in the question. It also works without http:// and https://. It also works with URLs like player.vimeo.com/...

/^.*(?:vimeo.com)\\/(?:channels\\/|groups\\/[^\\/]*\\/videos\\/|album\\/\\d+\\/video\\/|video\\/|)(\\d+)(?:$|\\/|\\?)/

Answer 2

var r = /(videos|video|channels|\.com)\/([\d]+)/,
    a = "https://vimeo.com/album/2222222/video/11111111";

console.log(a.match(r)[2]); // 11111111;

http://jsbin.com/asuqic/7/edit

Answer 3

Since 2016. And @Martin Ender said no longer up to date

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So here is a API solution : (without regexp but API caller and safe!)

jQuery :

function GetVimeoIDbyUrl(url) {
  var id = false;
  $.ajax({
    url: 'https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url='+url,
    async: false,
    success: function(response) {
      if(response.video_id) {
        id = response.video_id;
      }
    }
  });
  return id;
}

Minify :

function GetVimeoIDbyUrl(e){var i=!1;return $.ajax({url:"https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url="+e,async:!1,success:function(e){e.video_id&&(i=e.video_id)}}),i}

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Pure/Native JS : (IE9+ & Modern browsers)

function GetVimeoIDbyUrl(url) {
  var id = false;
  var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  request.open('GET', 'https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url='+url , false);
  request.onload = function() {
    if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
      var response = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
      if(response.video_id) {
        id = response.video_id;
      }
    }
  };
  request.send();
  return id;
}

Minify :

function GetVimeoIDbyUrl(e){var t=!1,o=new XMLHttpRequest;return o.open("GET","https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url="+e,!1),o.onload=function(){if(o.status>=200&&o.status<400){var e=JSON.parse(o.responseText);e.video_id&&(t=e.video_id)}},o.send(),t}

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Demo : https://jsbin.com/mevejoxudo/1/edit?js,output

Some type of url doesn't support ? : https://vimeo.com/help/contact#tech-api ( Tell them, dont tell me hehe :D )

Answer 4

For php, below code works for following urls

i.e. :

http://vimeo.com/88888888
http://player.vimeo.com/video/88888888
http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/88888888
http://vimeo.com/groups/groupsname/88888888

PHP Code :

    $vimeoUrl = 'http://vimeo.com/channels/channelsName/11111111';
    $fetchVimeoIdArr = explode('/', $vimeoUrl);
    $idCounter = count($fetchVimeoIdArr) - 1;
    $vimeoId = $fetchVimeoIdArr[$idCounter];

Answer 5

Update: I notice that this answer is getting some attention every now and then (through votes or comments). The answer is more than two years old, and likely the URL types supported are no longer up to date. I will not actively maintain this regex - it is merely intended as an answer to the question and hence only takes care of the formats listed there. Use this at your own risk, or - even better - use it merely as a starting point to develop your own regex based on an up-to-date and comprehensive list of URL formats.

See @l2aelba's answer for API solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/37695721/622813

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This would be the full regex, which also ensures that the format is correct:

/https?:\/\/(?:www\.|player\.)?vimeo.com\/(?:channels\/(?:\w+\/)?|groups\/([^\/]*)\/videos\/|album\/(\d+)\/video\/|video\/|)(\d+)(?:$|\/|\?)/

You can now retrieve the group name in capturing group 1 (if present), the album ID in capturing group 2 (if present) and the video ID in capturing group 3 (always).

Demo