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Example of the YouTube videos URL formats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv2daTWRZU&feature=em-uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg&feature=feedrec_grec_index
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zM3nApSvMg#t=0m10s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZDdG9FTKY&feature=channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&playnext_from=TL&videos=osPknwzXEas&feature=sub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ishbTyLs6ps&list=PLGup6kBfcU7Le5laEaCLgTKtlDcxMqGxZ&index=106&shuffle=2655
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
http://youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
http://m.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
https://www.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
https://youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
https://m.youtube.com/watch/-wtIMTCHWuI?app=desktop
http://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://m.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://m.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://www.youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
http://youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
http://m.youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
https://www.youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
https://youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
https://m.youtube.com/v/-wtIMTCHWuI?version=3&autohide=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://m.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
https://youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
https://m.youtube.com/v/0zM3nApSvMg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://m.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://m.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtu.be/-wtIMTCHWuI
https://youtu.be/-wtIMTCHWuI
http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs?list=PLToa5JuFMsXTNkrLJbRlB--76IAOjRM9b
https://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs?list=PLToa5JuFMsXTNkrLJbRlB--76IAOjRM9b
http://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
https://youtu.be/oTJRivZTMLs&feature=channel
http://youtu.be/lalOy8Mbfdc?t=1
http://youtu.be/lalOy8Mbfdc?t=1s
https://youtu.be/lalOy8Mbfdc?t=1
https://youtu.be/lalOy8Mbfdc?t=1s
http://youtu.be/M9bq_alk-sw?si=B_RZg_I-lLaa7UU-
https://youtu.be/M9bq_alk-sw?si=B_RZg_I-lLaa7UU-
http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
http://youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
http://m.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
https://youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
https://m.youtube.com/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D-wtIMTCHWuI&format=json
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
http://youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
http://m.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
https://youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
https://m.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=JdfC0C9V6ZI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEhxJLojIE_o%26feature%3Dshare
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
http://youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
http://m.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
https://youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
https://m.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=8g8kPrPIi-ecwIsS&u=/watch%3Fv%3DyZv2daTWRZU%26feature%3Dem-uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
http://youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
http://m.youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://m.youtube.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
http://youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
http://m.youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
https://youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
https://m.youtube.com/embed/nas1rJpm7wY?rel=0
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc?rel=0
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lalOy8Mbfdc?rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://m.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://m.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
http://youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
http://m.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
https://youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
http://youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
http://m.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
https://youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/j9rZxAF3C0I?app=desktop
http://www.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
http://youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
http://m.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
https://www.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
https://youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
https://m.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc
http://www.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
http://youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
http://m.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
https://www.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
https://youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
https://m.youtube.com/live/8hBmepWUJoc?app=desktop
https://youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/a/u/1/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/u/1/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/u/1/lalOy8Mbfdc?rel=0
https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/a/u/2/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/u/11/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHub#p/u/1/lalOy8Mbfdc
https://www.youtube.com/GitHub?v=lalOy8Mbfdc
http://www.youtube.com/?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/?v=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=channel
http://youtube.com/?vi=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/?vi=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/?vi=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/?feature=channel&v=lalOy8Mbfdc
http://youtube.com/watch?vi=dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/watch?vi=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/watch?vi=lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=channel
http://youtube.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ
http://youtube.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://youtube.com/vi/lalOy8Mbfdc&feature=channel
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6L3ZvIMwZFM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
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mplungjan commented May 13, 2024

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);

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