Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2015. Roberto Prato <https://github.com/robertoprato> * * * * * * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * * limitations under the License. * */ import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static String getYoutubeVideoId(String in) { //*EDIT* - fixed to hopefully support more recent youtube link styles/formats: final String pattern = "(?<=watch\\?v=|/videos/|/embed/|youtu.be/)[^&#?]*"; final String pattern2 = "(?:youtube(?:-nocookie)?\\.com\\/(?:[^\\/\\n\\s]+\\/\\S+\\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\\/|\\S*?[?&]v=)|youtu\\.be\\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})"; Pattern compiledPattern = Pattern.compile(pattern2, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE); Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(in); if (matcher.find()) { return matcher.group(1); } return null; } }