I want to, in my init() function, check to see if the video is either a youtube URL or a file name.
Does this seem suitable or is there some kind of edge case I might be missing?
function init(){
playerSource = Document.getElementById('vid').src;
if ( playerSource.includes("https://www.youtube") ){
//Call to function that begins setting up YT iFrame API
}
}
Thanks in advance!
You can validate the youtube URL using below regex.
regExp = /^(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:m\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.com\/(?:embed\/|v\/|watch\?v=|watch\?.+&v=))((\w|-){11})(?:\S+)?$/
Youtube has different url forms depending upon where you are taking from
Normal Url
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12345678901
Share Url
https://youtu.be/12345678901
Share Url with start time
https://youtu.be/12345678901?t=6
Mobile browser url
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=12345678901&list=RD12345678901&start_radio=1
Long url
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12345678901&list=RD12345678901&start_radio=1&rv=smKgVuS
Long url with start time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12345678901&list=RD12345678901&start_radio=1&rv=12345678901&t=38
You can check these URL validation below https://regex101.com/r/7a1lGH/1