How To Modify A Regular Expression To Parse A Parameter From A YouTube URL

I've got this regular expression: /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#\&\?]*).*/; It will parse the video id from a YouTube URL such as http://

Solution 1:

Capture YouTube video ID (and time seek parameter t if exists)

RegExp:

^(?:https?\:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/(?:embed\/|v\/|watch\?v\=))([\w-]{10,12})(?:[\&\?\#].*?)*?(?:[\&\?\#]t=([\dhm]+s))?$

Demo here: http://fiddle.re/w1nn6

PS: you'll note I improved your original RegEx to validate the YouTube link safely