Javascript snippet to get youtube code and thumbnail of a youtube video

youtubepin.js

var youtubelink = $('object param[name="movie"]').val(); // grabs the video link from an embedded video
// OLD EMBED STYLE CODE var youtubecode = youtubelink.match(/\/v\/(.*)\?/)[1];                                                                                                             
var youtubecode = youtubelink.match(/\/embed\/(.*)/)[1];
var pinimage = 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/' + youtubecode + '/0.jpg';