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Parsing a Vimeo ID using JavaScript?

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How do I parse an ID from a Vimeo URL in JavaScript?

The URL will be entered by a user, so I will need to check that they have entered it in the correct format.

I need the ID so that I can use their simple API to retrieve video data.

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answered 14 Years ago aileent · Accepted Answer

As URLs for Vimeo videos are made up by http://vimeo.com/ followed by the numeric id, you could do the following

var url = http://www.vimeo.com/7058755;

var regExp = /http://(www.)?vimeo.com/(d+)($|/)/;



var match = url.match(regExp);



if (match){

    alert(id:  + match[2]);

}

else{

    alert(not a vimeo url);

}