Validating youtube Url with channels

Question

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChh-akEbUM8_6ghGVnJd6cQ How to validate whether the URL is youtube URL or not?

Please search for answer on stackowerflow before posting a question. — algiecas, Jul 05 '13 at 08:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 08:49

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You can check if URL contains the word "http://www.youtube.com" using .indexOf()

var url = 'http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChh-akEbUM8_6ghGVnJd6cQ';
if (url.indexOf('http://www.youtube.com') > -1) {
  alert( "true");
} else {
  alert( "false");
}

answered Jul 05 '13 at 08:49

Praveen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 08:48

Something like this:

var url = "http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChh-akEbUM8_6ghGVnJd6cQ";
var isyoutube = /\www\.youtube\.com/.test(url);

isyoutube gives you true or false depending if the URL is Youtube or not.

But as someone else already mentioned you should try and find it first. It's so easy to find. And also, Youtube has different URLs like http://www.youtu.be so my example will not always work.

Validating youtube Url with channels

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