Validating Youtube Playlist URL using Regex - regex

Question

How to validate a youtube playlist url using regex?
I've found the answer for validating video from other question..
/^http:\/\/(?:www\.)?youtube.com\/watch\?(?=.*v=\w+)(?:\S+)?$/
But I've just unable to validate a url like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1F9CA2A03CF286C2&v=pFS4zYWxzNA&
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA&list=PL1F9CA2A03CF286C2&

Answer 1

I ended up with a something similar but different:
/^.*(youtu.be\/|list=)([^#\&\?]*).*/
worked against the following urls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jduuQh-Uho&list=PLBOh8f9FoHHjOz0vGrD20WcTtJar-LOrw&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBOh8f9FoHHjOz0vGrD20WcTtJar-LOrw
Given the follow code:
var regExp = /^.*(youtu.be\/|list=)([^#\&\?]*).*/;
var match = url.match(regExp);
if (match && match[2]){
return match[2];
}
return null;
My return is PLBOh8f9FoHHjOz0vGrD20WcTtJar-LOrw

Answer 2

try this
^(https|http):\/\/(?:www\.)?youtube\.com\/watch\? #you forgot to mask the dot before com
( #may lead to wrong parsing
(v=.*&list=.*)| #v and then list
(list=.*&v=.*) #or versa verse - feel free to use better matching
) #for ids like "pFS4zYWxzNA"
(&.*)*$ #all other kinds of parameter
Edit:
i improved the matching
^(https|http):\/\/(?:www\.)?youtube\.com\/watch\?
(?:&.*)* #extra params at the beginning
(
(?:
v=([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{11}) #propper mathing for id
(?:&.*)* #extras
&list=([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{18}) #list
)
|
(?:
list=([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{18})
(?:&.*)* #versa
&v=([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{11})
)
)
(?:&.*)* #extras at the end
(?:\#.*)*$ #anchors

Answer 3

First validate YouTube url:
^https?\:\/\/(?:www\.youtube(?:\-nocookie)?\.com\/|m\.youtube\.com\/|youtube\.com\/)?(?:ytscreeningroom\?vi?=|youtu\.be\/|vi?\/|user\/.+\/u\/\w{1,2}\/|embed\/|watch\?(?:.*\&)?vi?=|\&vi?=|\?(?:.*\&)?vi?=)([^#\&\?\n\/<>\"']*)
then find the list:
[\?|&](list=)(.*)\&

Answer 4

I ended up with a something similar but different:
/[?&]list=([^#?&]*)/
worked against the following urls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqrKeD6ZTc&list=PLC18xlbCdwtTc61wuDviNoKmNUAVFT50D
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18xlbCdwtTc61wuDviNoKmNUAVFT50D
Given the follow code:
const listID = url.match(/[?&]list=([^#?&]*)/)?.[1];
console.log(listID);
My return is PLC18xlbCdwtTc61wuDviNoKmNUAVFT50D