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And URLs like this, with a v= parameter and no watch:
http://youtube.com/?v=XXXXXXXXXXX&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/?v=XXXXXXXXXXX
http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=XXXXXXXXXXX
http://youtube.com/?v=XXXXXXXXXXX&feature=channel
http://youtube.com/?feature=channel&v=XXXXXXXXXXX
I've not made an exhaustive test, but it does seem to find a lot of questionable URLs. It's quite possible these work for someone else, but has anyone evidence these URLs ever did link to a video?
I've tried a couple and it seems some of the weirder looking ones may or do not work, I've left them in my regex for potential matches if I ever find one in the wild and want to quickly get the ID
Author
Thanks for reporting these @wu-lee. I'm going to do some tests over the weekend and leave some comments in the list for any of the links that don't work anymore. It might be the case that YouTube has deprecated these URLs.
I think these URLs with vi components may be for thumbnail images associated with videos. For example, this is one:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XXXXXXXXXXX/default.jpg
Are query strings that use & first instead of ? valid?
because its on lines 118 and 119, and python's urllib parsing library did not recognise it and made the query strings part of the path.
eg:
from urllib import parse
components = parse.urlparse("https://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel")
print(components.path)results in an output of
oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
while normally
from urllib import parse
components = parse.urlparse("https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player")
print(components.path)results in just
dQw4w9WgXcQ
So either this is a mistake on the urls listed or a bug with the python urllib library
Author
It's neither a mistake nor a bug. The &feature=channel is indeed part of the path, not a query string parameter. However, YouTube's url shortener service (the youtu.be) will do the job of parsing the path parameter into what youtube.com needs, and so it'll translate and redirect https://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel into something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel&feature=youtu.be.
Here's a python regex that matches all of the links in this gist:
^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})Python 3 implementation:
def get_youtube_video_id_by_url(url):
regex = r"^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})"
match = re.match(regex, url, re.IGNORECASE)
if match:
return (
match.group("video_id_1")
or match.group("video_id_2")
or match.group("video_id_3")
)
else:
return NoneIt matches everything in the gist, but can probably be improved upon for performance, so feel free to suggest improvements!
Just test them here first: https://regex101.com/
I've written a regexless version in python using its built-in url parser. Full code here. You will also notice the version that works with playlists. That one works with the following urls
def extract_video_id(url: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""
This should work for every url listed here:
https://gist.github.com/rodrigoborgesdeoliveira/987683cfbfcc8d800192da1e73adc486#file-activeyoutubeurlformats-txt
and more.
Args:
url (str): The url to strip the id from
Returns:
Optional[str]: The video id with the rest of the url removed
"""
components = parse.urlparse(url.replace("&", "?", 1) if "?" not in url else url)
queries = parse.parse_qs(components.query)
encoded_query_matches = {'u', 'url'}.intersection(set(queries.keys()))
if 'v' in queries:
return queries["v"][0]
elif encoded_query_matches:
return extract_video_id(parse.unquote(queries[encoded_query_matches.pop()][0]))
elif components.netloc == "i.ytimg.com":
return pathlib.Path(components.path).parts[2]
elif pathlib.Path(components.path).name not in ["playlist"]:
return pathlib.Path(components.path).name
Hi,
recently links generated using the "Share" button under a video will contain some additional ?si= query parameter:
https://youtu.be/_UuD60EZGkg?si=eP5r-sAojFjjVYCY
Not sure what it is for, probably more tracking?
Author
Oh, interesting. Thanks, @tacerus!
Hi,
recently links generated using the "Share" button under a video will contain some additional
?si=query parameter:https://youtu.be/_UuD60EZGkg?si=eP5r-sAojFjjVYCY
Not sure what it is for, probably more tracking?
Yea, most probably it's true.
And have you noticed that every time you share a URL, the tracking ID changes, even for the same video on the same device? If it's a tracking parameter, then it can track the sender and receiver of the YouTube URL. In short, Google can know who your close relatives and friends are. This is surely a messed up thing.
For those using javascript/typescript, I have a function and regex working for all combinations above plus youtube shorts:
export function getVideoIdFromYoutubeUrl(url: string) {
const regex = /(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com(?:\/(?:[^\/\n\s]+\/\S+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|\S*?[?&]v=|shorts\/)|youtu\.be\/|embed\/|v\/|m\/|watch\?(?:[^=]+=[^&]+&)*?v=))([^"&?\/\s]{11})/gm;
return regex.exec(url)[1];
}export function validateYoutubeTestUrls() {
const youtubeTestUrls: { key: number; value: string }[] = [
{ key: 1, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI" },
{ key: 2, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI" },
{ key: 3, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI" },
{ key: 4, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc" },
{ key: 5, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc" },
{ key: 6, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc" },
{ key: 7, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 8, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 9, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 10, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 11, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 12, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail" },
{ key: 13, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 14, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 15, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 16, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 17, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 18, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 19, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 20, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 21, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 22, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 23, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 24, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 25, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel" },
{ key: 26, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel" },
{ key: 27, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel" },
{ key: 28, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel" },
{ key: 29, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel" },
{ key: 30, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel" },
{ key: 31, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub",},
{ key: 32, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub", },
{ key: 33, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub" },
{ key: 34, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub", },
{ key: 35, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub" },
{ key: 36, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub",},
{ key: 37, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 38, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 39, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 40, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 41, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 42, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be" },
{ key: 43, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 44, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 45, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 46, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 47, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 48, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player" },
{ key: 49, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", },
{ key: 50, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", }, { key: 51,value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", }, { key: 52, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", },
{ key: 53, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", },
{ key: 54, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655", },
{ key: 55, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 56, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 57, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 58, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 59, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 60, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 61, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 62, value: "http://youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 63, value: "http://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 64, value: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 65, value: "https://youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 66, value: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" },
{ key: 67, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index" },
{ key: 69, value: "http://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" },
{ key: 70, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s" },
{ key: 71, value: "http://www.youtube.com/embed/0zM3nApSvMg?rel=0" },
{ key: 72, value: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg" },
{ key: 73, value: "http://youtu.be/0zM3nApSvMg" },
{ key: 74, value: "https://youtube.com/shorts/0dPkkQeRwTI?feature=share" },
{ key: 75, value: "https://youtube.com/shorts/0dPkkQeRwTI" },
{ key: 76, value: "https://youtu.be/59kf86v_Cpc?si=Cj_xm4a6BX71d1yd" },
]
youtubeTestUrls.forEach((keyValuePair) => {
const videoId = getVideoIdFromYoutubeUrl(keyValuePair.value)
const isElevenCharacters = videoId?.length === 11
console.log("id for", keyValuePair.key, "is: ", videoId, "| valid:", isElevenCharacters)
})
}OUTPUT:
LOG id for 1 is: -wtIMTCHWuI | isvalid: true
LOG id for 2 is: -wtIMTCHWuI | isvalid: true
LOG id for 3 is: -wtIMTCHWuI | isvalid: true
LOG id for 4 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 5 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 6 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 7 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 8 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 9 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 10 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 11 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 12 is: yZv2daTWRZU | isvalid: true
LOG id for 13 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 14 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 15 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 16 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 17 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 18 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 19 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 20 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 21 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 22 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 23 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 24 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 25 is: cKZDdG9FTKY | isvalid: true
LOG id for 26 is: cKZDdG9FTKY | isvalid: true
LOG id for 27 is: cKZDdG9FTKY | isvalid: true
LOG id for 28 is: oTJRivZTMLs | isvalid: true
LOG id for 29 is: oTJRivZTMLs | isvalid: true
LOG id for 30 is: oTJRivZTMLs | isvalid: true
LOG id for 31 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 32 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 33 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 34 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 35 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 36 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 37 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 38 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 39 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 40 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 41 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 42 is: lalOy8Mbfdc | isvalid: true
LOG id for 43 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 44 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 45 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 46 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 47 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 48 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 49 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 50 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 51 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 52 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 53 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 54 is: ishbTyLs6ps | isvalid: true
LOG id for 55 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 56 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 57 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 58 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 59 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 60 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 61 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 62 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 63 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 64 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 65 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 66 is: dQw4w9WgXcQ | isvalid: true
LOG id for 67 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 69 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 70 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 71 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 72 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 73 is: 0zM3nApSvMg | isvalid: true
LOG id for 74 is: 0dPkkQeRwTI | isvalid: true
LOG id for 75 is: 0dPkkQeRwTI | isvalid: true
LOG id for 76 is: 59kf86v_Cpc | isvalid: true
For some reason, youtube blocks access to the site via the 11th one. It brings up the "our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network" message but with no captcha
Here is a java version of regex that matches all the urls the list:
(?i)^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:www|m)\.)?youtu(?:\.be|be(?:-nocookie)?\.com)/(?:(?:oembed|attribution_link)\?.+?(?:/|%2F)(?=watch))?(?:(?:watch)?(?:\?|%3F)|(?:vi?|live|e(?:mbed)?)/)?(?:(?:[\w\-]+(?:=|%3D)[^=&#]+(?:&(?:amp;)?|%26))*?vi?(?:=|%3D))?(?<id>[\w\-]+)(?:(?:(?:\?|%3F)|(?:&(?:amp;)?|%26)|(?:#|%23))[\w\-]+(?:=|%3D)[^=&#]+)*$
String QM = "(?:\\?|%3F)";
String EQ = "(?:=|%3D)";
String AS = "(?:&(?:amp;)?|%26)";
String OT = "(?:#|%23)";
String FS = "(?:/|%2F)";
String PARAM_HEAD = "(?:" + QM + "|" + AS + "|" + OT + ")";
String PARAM_KEY = "[\\w\\-]+";
String PARAM_VAL = "[^=&#]+";
String PARAM = "(?:" + PARAM_KEY + EQ + PARAM_VAL + ")";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(?i)^" +
"(?:https?://)?" +
"(?:(?:www|m)\\.)?" +
"youtu(?:\\.be|be(?:-nocookie)?\\.com)/" +
"(?:(?:oembed|attribution_link)\\?.+?" + FS + "(?=watch))?" +
"(?:(?:watch)?" + QM + "|" + "(?:vi?|live|e(?:mbed)?)/)?" +
"(?:(?:" + PARAM + AS + ")*?" + "(?:vi?" + EQ + "))?" +
"(?<id>" + PARAM_KEY + ")" +
"(?:" + PARAM_HEAD + PARAM + ")*" +
"$");
IOUtils.readLines(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
new URL("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/rodrigoborgesdeoliveira/987683cfbfcc8d800192da1e73adc486/raw/b15ee49a60d42df67b0d6383517ef3b57e25c9c3/ActiveYouTubeURLFormats.txt")
.openConnection().getInputStream()))).stream()
.filter(StringUtils::isNotBlank)
.map(p::matcher).filter(Matcher::matches)
.forEachOrdered(m -> System.out.printf("%-15s %s%n", m.group("id"), m.group()));
@ZGorlock: doesn't match music.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E, youtube.com/watch/U9t-slLl30E, youtube.com/shorts/sMbxjePPmkw and attribution_links (youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare and youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail). 🤔
@rodrigoborgesdeoliveira Please add links youtube.com/watch/U9t-slLl30E, youtube.com/shorts/U9t-slLl30E and youtube.com/live/U9t-slLl30E. Here's my RegExp that catches a wide spectrum of YT URLs → https://gist.github.com/Kaligula0/1ff5f4e2cf1f351daeca3450f71fdcb5
Author
Thanks, @Kaligula0!
Thanks @rodrigoborgesdeoliveira!
Here is a JavaScript version - it returns the 13 IDs found in the list you posted
const delParms = ['a', 'app', 'list', 'feature', 'rel', 'si'];
const ids = new Set(
list.map(url => {
// Normalize URL
url = url.replace(/(attribution_link|uploademail|youtube-nocookie)/gi, 'x');
// Parse URL
let urlObject = new URL(url);
// Check for embedded URL and parse it if present
const embed = urlObject.searchParams.get('url');
if (embed) urlObject = new URL(embed);
// Extract 'v' parameter if present
const v = urlObject.searchParams.get('v');
if (v) return v;
// Remove unwanted parameters
delParms.forEach(parm => urlObject.searchParams.delete(parm));
// Convert URL to string and replace encoded '='
url = urlObject.toString().replace(/%3D/gi, '=');
// Extract ID from URL
const idMatch = url.match(/[\-_a-z0-9]{10,15}/i);
const id = idMatch ? idMatch[0] : `No: ${url}`;
return id;
})
);
console.log(ids);
Here's a python regex that matches all of the links in this gist:
^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})Python 3 implementation:
def get_youtube_video_id_by_url(url): regex = r"^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})" match = re.match(regex, url, re.IGNORECASE) if match: return ( match.group("video_id_1") or match.group("video_id_2") or match.group("video_id_3") ) else: return NoneIt matches everything in the gist, but can probably be improved upon for performance, so feel free to suggest improvements! Just test them here first: https://regex101.com/
Thank you for sharing this snippet. Working great.
Just FYI both these functions do not work for URLs in the following format.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
http://youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
http://m.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
https://youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
https://m.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI
For those using javascript/typescript, I have a function and regex working for all combinations above plus youtube shorts:
export function getVideoIdFromYoutubeUrl(url: string) { const regex = /(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com(?:\/(?:[^\/\n\s]+\/\S+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|\S*?[?&]v=|shorts\/)|youtu\.be\/|embed\/|v\/|m\/|watch\?(?:[^=]+=[^&]+&)*?v=))([^"&?\/\s]{11})/gm; return regex.exec(url)[1]; }
Here's a python regex that matches all of the links in this gist:
^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})Python 3 implementation:
def get_youtube_video_id_by_url(url): regex = r"^((https?://(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com))/((?:oembed\?url=https?%3A//(?:www\.)youtube.com/watch\?(?:v%3D)(?P<video_id_1>[\w\-]{10,20})&format=json)|(?:attribution_link\?a=.*watch(?:%3Fv%3D|%3Fv%3D)(?P<video_id_2>[\w\-]{10,20}))(?:%26feature.*))|(https?:)?(\/\/)?((www\.|m\.)?youtube(-nocookie)?\.com\/((watch)?\?(app=desktop&)?(feature=\w*&)?v=|embed\/|v\/|e\/)|youtu\.be\/)(?P<video_id_3>[\w\-]{10,20})" match = re.match(regex, url, re.IGNORECASE) if match: return ( match.group("video_id_1") or match.group("video_id_2") or match.group("video_id_3") ) else: return None
to cover these edge cases, you can use the following regex:
/(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com\/watch\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/and in typescript:
export function getVideoIdFromYoutubeUrl(url: string) {
const regex =
/(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com(?:\/(?:[^\/\n\s]+\/\S+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|\S*?[?&]v=|shorts\/)|youtu\.be\/|embed\/|v\/|m\/|watch\?(?:[^=]+=[^&]+&)*?v=))([^"&?\/\s]{11})/gm;
const edgeCasesRegex = /(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?youtube\.com\/watch\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/;
let result = regex.exec(url);
if (!result) result = edgeCasesRegex.exec(url);
return result[1];
}
i need help with this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUVdRzzq4E
if you are using JS, TS, or Angular u can use this works fine for me
getYoutubeVideoId(url) {
// Regular expression to match different YouTube URL formats, including shorts
const regExp = /(?:youtube\.com\/(?:[^\/\n\s]+\/\S+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?|shorts)\/|\S*?[?&]v=)|youtu\.be\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})/i;
const match = url.match(regExp);
console.log(match && match[1] ? match[1] : null, "id", url); // For debugging purposes
return match && match[1] ? match[1] : null;
}
If you trying to find a regex to match all format YT links try this
I write it for myself, it's works for me.
I use Js.
I love this when rickroll is covered
Another approach is to first verify that the string contains a YouTube domain:
/(?:https?:\/\/(www.|m.)?)?(?<domain>youtu.be|youtube.com)(?:\/)/Then pick out the data you're looking for. For me, I'm only interested in the video ID:
/((?:\/|v=|vi=|v%)(?<id>([\-\w]){10,14}))/Thanks @rodrigoborgesdeoliveira for your URL list!
(YouTube 2025)
V█^(?:(.*?)youtu(?<2>\.)?be(?:-nocookie)?(?-i:\.com\/(?:[ev]i?\/|\?vi?=)?|shorts\/|watch(?:[/&?]|vi?=|t=\d++|time_continue=\d+&|[?&]gcm[eslg]+=\d+)+|live\/|o?embed(?:\?url=\S+?|\/)|(?:%[23][56FD]v?|watch){2,}|attribution_link\?[&\w\-=]*[au]=\/?|ytsc\w+\?v=|[?featurp]+=[\-a-z_\.]+&v=)*(?(<2>)\/|)|(?-is:(?:YTv|YouTube)[ :=]+)|(?-i:[a-z]:|\\))?([a-zA-Z_0-9-]{10}[AEIMQUYcgkosw048])(?=[ \r\n\?&"%\]]|\Z|#t=)
>█\3 •
https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjkrsSipPP1AhXsyjGHb0CDU4Qx8BegQIBRAF&usg=AOvVaw0A7aB50nUUeTwX_Haoteft
http//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA%26feature%3Dshare
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/e/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DAAAAAAAAAAA&format=json
http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?version=3&autohide=1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA#t=0m10s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=feedrec_grec_index
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2724&v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA#t=0m10s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=feedrec_grec_index
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA
youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/?feature=channel&v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/?vi=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/vi/AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=channel
http://youtube.com/vi/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/watch?vi=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch/AAAAAAAAAAA
https://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA?list=PLToa5JuFMsXTNkrLJbRlB--76IAOjRM9b
https://youtube.com/shorts/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=share
https://youtu.be/x26ANNC3C-8 • ♾ 𝕳𝕰𝕽𝕰𝕿𝕳𝕰𝖄𝕮𝕺𝕸𝕰 - 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢 • 7:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=emb_title
/// will not match
https://www.youtube.com/embed/v=AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccccccccccc#p/u/1/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccccccccccc#p/u/1/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgc00bfF_PvO_2AvqJZHXFg
https://www.youtube.com/c/ccccccccccc/videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccccccccccc#p/u/11/AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/user/ccccccccccc#p/a/u/1/AAAAAAAAAAA
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccccccccccc#p/a/u/2/AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/source/Qap6-GsibqA/shorts?bp=8gVeClISQwoLUWFwNi1Hc2licUESC1FhcDYtR3NpYnFBGgt3RzQwU1EzWEhCZyIOCLiUARIICBMQgMq17gEqChIICBMQgMq17gEaC3dHNDBTUTNYSEJnKP3a39rFq6HHLA%253D%253D
YouTube: AAAAAAAAAAA
YTv:AAAAAAAAAAA
YTv: AAAAAAAAAAA
YTv AAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/live/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=share
https://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA?si=eP5r-sAojFjjVYCY
| video ID [-_A-Za-z0-9]{10}[AEIMQUYcgkosw048]
| Channel/Playlist ID [-_A-Za-z0-9]{21}[AQgw]
mariadb function:
DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION youtube_video_id(url TEXT)
RETURNS CHAR(11)
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
DECLARE clean TEXT;
DECLARE vid VARCHAR(50);
DECLARE result CHAR(11);
-- Handle NULL or empty input
IF url IS NULL OR url = '' THEN
RETURN NULL;
END IF;
-- Normalize URL
SET clean = TRIM(url);
SET clean = REPLACE(clean, ' ', '');
-- URL decode common patterns (%3F = ?, %3D = =, %26 = &)
SET clean = REPLACE(clean, '%3F', '?');
SET clean = REPLACE(clean, '%3D', '=');
SET clean = REPLACE(clean, '%26', '&');
SET clean = REPLACE(clean, '%2F', '/');
-- Handle URLs with Unicode/special characters after the video ID
-- Extract everything before special Unicode characters
SET clean = SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '•', 1);
SET clean = TRIM(clean);
-- Extract video ID based on URL pattern (priority order)
SET vid = CASE
-- youtu.be/VIDEOID (short link) - handle both with and without protocol
WHEN clean REGEXP '(youtu\\.be/|youtu\\.be\\/)' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'youtu.be/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /shorts/VIDEOID (YouTube Shorts)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/shorts/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/shorts/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /watch/VIDEOID (alternative watch format)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/watch/' AND clean NOT REGEXP '/watch\\?' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/watch/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /embed/VIDEOID (embedded player) - but NOT /embed/watch (handled by v= param)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/embed/' AND clean NOT REGEXP '/embed/watch' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/embed/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /v/VIDEOID (old embed format)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/v/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/v/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /e/VIDEOID (rare format)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/e/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/e/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /vi/VIDEOID (video image/thumbnail format)
WHEN clean REGEXP '/vi/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/vi/', -1), '?', 1), '&', 1)
-- /ytscreeningroom?v=VIDEOID
WHEN clean REGEXP '/ytscreeningroom\\?v=' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'v=', -1), '&', 1)
-- #p/u/NUMBER/VIDEOID (user playlist fragment)
WHEN clean REGEXP '#p/u/[0-9]+/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '#p/u/', -1), '/', -1)
-- #p/c/PLAYLIST/NUMBER/VIDEOID (channel playlist fragment)
WHEN clean REGEXP '#p/c/[^/]+/[0-9]+/' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, '/', -1)
-- /attribution_link with u=/watch?v= or u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D
WHEN clean REGEXP '/attribution_link' AND clean REGEXP 'u=' THEN
CASE
WHEN clean REGEXP 'u=/watch\\?v=' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'u=/watch?v=', -1), '&', 1), '#', 1)
WHEN clean REGEXP 'u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D', -1), '%26', 1)
ELSE NULL
END
-- watch?v=VIDEOID or &v=VIDEOID (standard watch URL)
WHEN clean REGEXP '[?&]v=' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'v=', -1), '&', 1)
-- vi=VIDEOID parameter (alternative format)
WHEN clean REGEXP '[?&]vi=' THEN
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(clean, 'vi=', -1), '&', 1)
-- No match
ELSE NULL
END;
-- Clean extracted ID: remove trailing slashes, parameters, fragments
IF vid IS NOT NULL THEN
SET vid = SUBSTRING_INDEX(vid, '/', 1);
SET vid = SUBSTRING_INDEX(vid, '?', 1);
SET vid = SUBSTRING_INDEX(vid, '#', 1);
SET vid = SUBSTRING_INDEX(vid, '&', 1);
SET vid = SUBSTRING_INDEX(vid, '%', 1);
SET vid = TRIM(vid);
END IF;
-- Validate: must be exactly 11 characters and contain valid YouTube ID characters
IF vid IS NOT NULL
AND CHAR_LENGTH(vid) = 11
AND vid REGEXP '^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{11}$' THEN
SET result = vid;
ELSE
SET result = NULL;
END IF;
RETURN result;
END//
DELIMITER ;testing
SELECT
url,
youtube_video_id(url) AS video_id
FROM (
SELECT 'https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjkrsSipPP1AhXsyjGHb0CDU4Qx8BegQIBRAF&usg=AOvVaw0A7aB50nUUeTwX_Haoteft' AS url UNION ALL
SELECT 'http//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA%26feature%3Dshare' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=share' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DAAAAAAAAAAA%26feature%3Dem-uploademail' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/e/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DAAAAAAAAAAA&format=json' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?version=3&autohide=1' UNION ALL
SELECT 'www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA#t=0m10s' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=feedrec_grec_index' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtu.be' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2724&v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtu.be' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA#t=0m10s' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=em-uploademail' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=feedrec_grec_index' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/?feature=channel&v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://www.youtube.com/?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/?vi=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/vi/AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=channel' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/vi/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'http://youtube.com/watch?vi=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?v=AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/AAAAAAAAAAA?rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAAAA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch/AAAAAAAAAAA' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAAAA?list=PLToa5JuFMsXTNkrLJbRlB--76IAOjRM9b' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://youtube.com/shorts/AAAAAAAAAAA?feature=share' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://youtu.be/x26ANNC3C-8 • ♾ 𝕳𝕰𝕽𝕰𝕿𝕳𝕰𝖄𝕮𝕺𝕸𝕰 - 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢 • 7:15' UNION ALL
SELECT 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=AAAAAAAAAAA&feature=emb_title'
) AS t;
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Likewise, I wonder about these URLs with a
viin place of av. They all either go to a 404-not-found or are redirected to youtube.com's front page. Even if I insert an ID I know works with other URLs - so it's not simply the video has been taken down.