YouTube Vimeo URL Parser

youtube-vimeo-url-parser.js

function parseVideo (url) {
    // - Supported YouTube URL formats:
    //   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8
    //   - http://youtu.be/My2FRPA3Gf8
    //   - http://y2u.be/huKvjPQ-Xm4
    //   - https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/My2FRPA3Gf8
    //   - http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ab25nviakcw
    //   - http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Ab25nviakcw?version=3&hl=en_US
    //   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ab25nviakcw#
    // - Supported Vimeo URL formats:
    //   - http://vimeo.com/25451551
    //   - http://player.vimeo.com/video/25451551
    // - Also supports relative URLs:
    //   - //player.vimeo.com/video/25451551

    var type, id, match = url.match(/(http:|https:|)\/\/(player.|www.)?(vimeo\.com|y2u\.be|youtu(be\.com|\.be|be\.googleapis\.com|be\-nocookie\.com))\/(video\/|embed\/|watch\?\S*v=|v\/)?([A-Za-z0-9._%-]*)(\&\S+)?/i);

    if (match && match[6]) {
      id = match[6];
      if (match[3] && (match[3].indexOf('youtu') > -1 || match[3].indexOf('y2u') > -1)) type = "youtube";
      if (match[3] && match[3].indexOf('vimeo') > -1) type = "vimeo";
    }

    return {
        type: type,
        id: id
    };
}

function createVideo (url, width, height) {
    // Returns an iframe of the video with the specified URL.
    var videoObj = parseVideo(url);
    var $iframe = $('<iframe>', { width: width, height: height });
    $iframe.attr('frameborder', 0);
    if (videoObj.type == 'youtube') {
        $iframe.attr('src', '//www.youtube.com/embed/' + videoObj.id);
    } else if (videoObj.type == 'vimeo') {
        $iframe.attr('src', '//player.vimeo.com/video/' + videoObj.id);
    }
    return $iframe;
}

function getVideoThumbnail (url, cb) {
    // Obtains the video's thumbnail and passed it back to a callback function.
    var videoObj = parseVideo(url);
    if (videoObj.type == 'youtube') {
        cb('//img.youtube.com/vi/' + videoObj.id + '/maxresdefault.jpg');
    } else if (videoObj.type == 'vimeo') {
        // Requires jQuery
        $.get('http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/' + videoObj.id + '.json', function(data) {
            cb(data[0].thumbnail_large);
        });
    }
}