Python: Get youtube id | Extract Video id from a Youtube url

get_youtube_id.py

#pip install pytube

#Examples
url1='http://youtu.be/SA2iWivDJiE'
url2='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPAwA_Udwc&feature=feedu'
url3='http://www.youtube.com/embed/SA2iWivDJiE'
url4='http://www.youtube.com/v/SA2iWivDJiE?version=3&hl=en_US'
url5='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTHlyTphWP0&index=6&list=PLjeDyYvG6-40qawYNR4juzvSOg-ezZ2a6'
url6='youtube.com/watch?v=_lOT2p_FCvA'
url7='youtu.be/watch?v=_lOT2p_FCvA'
url8='https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=n0g-Y0oo5Qs&feature=emb_logo'

urls=[url1,url2,url3,url4,url5,url6,url7,url8]

#Get youtube id
from pytube import extract
for url in urls:
    id=extract.video_id(url)
    print(id)

# Output
'''
SA2iWivDJiE
_oPAwA_Udwc
SA2iWivDJiE
SA2iWivDJiE
rTHlyTphWP0
_lOT2p_FCvA
_lOT2p_FCvA
n0g-Y0oo5Qs
'''

Very nice, thank you!

• pytube API reference: https://pytube.io/en/latest/api.html#pytube.extract.video_id
• pytube Github: https://github.com/pytube/pytube

If you don't want to use pytube library;

def parseYoutubeURL(self, url:str)->str:
   data = re.findall(r"(?:v=|\/)([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}).*", url)
   if data:
       return data[0]
   return ""