Simple video id extraction from youtube urls.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'youtube_id'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install youtube_id
YoutubeID.from("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k") # => "RCUkmUXMd_k"It supports these url formats:
http://www.youtube.com/v/RCUkmUXMd_k
http://www.youtube.com/v/RCUkmUXMd_k?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/embed/RCUkmUXMd_k?rel=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUkmUXMd_k#t=0m10s
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForceD3strategy#p/a/u/0/8WVTOUh53QY
http://youtu.be/RCUkmUXMd_k
See the specs for more detailed information.