This article walks
you through how to get the
ID of any YouTube
video.
How to get a YouTube video ID from a
youtube.com page URL
You may be watching
the video or just happened
to visit a link to a
video. The video ID will
be located in the URL of
the video page, right
after
the v= URL
parameter.
In this case, the
URL of the video
is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ.
Therefore, the
ID of the video
is aqz-KE-bpKQ.
How to get a YouTube video ID from a
youtu.be short URL
The youtu.be URLs
are created by generating
a URL intendend
for sharing.
They differ slightly from
youtube.com URLs because
there are no URL
parameters. Instead, the
video ID is part of the
URL
itself.
In this case, the
URL of the video
is: https://youtu.be/aqz-KE-bpKQ.
Therefore, the
ID of the video
is aqz-KE-bpKQ.
How to get a YouTube video ID from an
embedded video player
The easiest method
is to use the "Stats for
nerds"
option.
- Right click the embedded video player
to present a menu.
- Select the "Stats for nerds" option in
the menu.
- Note the "Video ID" property.
Feel free to test
on this video player in
the following
link: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/qReQZL
experts.