Regex for youtube URL

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Here’s a regex I use to match and capture the important bits of YouTube URLs with video codes:

^((?:https?:)?\/\/)?((?:www|m)\.)?((?:youtube(-nocookie)?\.com|youtu.be))(\/(?:[\w\-]+\?v=|embed\/|v\/)?)([\w\-]+)(\S+)?$

Works with the following URLs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk&feature=featured


//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk


//youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk



//m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US
//www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk%3Fautoplay%3D1


//www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk


//youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?autoplay=1
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
https://youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk




//youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://www.youtube.com/HamdiKickProduction?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk

The captured groups are:

  1. protocol
  2. subdomain
  3. domain
  4. path
  5. video code
  6. query string

https://regex101.com/r/vHEc61/1

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