YouTube Video ID Regex Pattern

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Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /(?:youtube\.com\/watch\?v=|youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/embed\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})/g;
const test = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'(?:youtube\.com\/watch\?v=|youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/embed\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})'
test = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
match = re.findall(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?:youtube\.com\/watch\?v=|youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/embed\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the YouTube Video ID Regex

Extracts 11-character YouTube video IDs from various URL formats including standard, shortened, and embed URLs.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The youtube video id pattern is classified as intermediate difficulty in the web & html category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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