YoutubeId

Simple video id extraction from youtube urls.

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Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'youtube_id'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install youtube_id

Usage

YoutubeID.from("http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k") # => "RCUkmUXMd_k"

It supports these url formats:

http://www.youtube.com/v/RCUkmUXMd_k
http://www.youtube.com/v/RCUkmUXMd_k?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/embed/RCUkmUXMd_k?rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k#t=0m10s
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForceD3strategy#p/a/u/0/8WVTOUh53QY
http://youtu.be/RCUkmUXMd_k

See the specs for more detailed information.