youtube_parser

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A lightweight Flutter/Dart package designed to extract YouTube video IDs from various URL formats. It supports standard YouTube links, shortened URLs, embedded links, and query parameters, making it ideal for applications needing reliable ID extraction without additional dependencies. The library is minimal, fast, and works across all major platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. Perfect for integrating YouTube functionality into apps with minimal overhead.

Use cases

Extracting video IDs from user-input URLs
Parsing YouTube links in chat or comment sections
Integrating YouTube content into media players
Building social media apps with YouTube embeds
Automating YouTube link processing

Key features

Supports all YouTube URL variations
Minimal and lightweight
Cross-platform compatibility
No external dependencies
Fast and reliable parsing

Suitable for

Simple YouTube URL processing
Apps requiring video ID extraction
Lightweight parsing needs
Developers avoiding heavy libraries
Multi-platform Flutter projects

Considerations

Does not validate if the video exists
Only extracts IDs, not metadata
No support for playlist or channel URLs
Limited to basic URL parsing
Not suitable for complex YouTube API interactions

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Dart YouTube Parser

A tiny Dart library that extracts YouTube video IDs from all kinds of valid Youtube urls.

Usage

import 'package:youtube_parser/youtube_parser.dart';

String? a = getIdFromUrl('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ');
// returns 'dQw4w9WgXcQ'

String? b = getIdFromUrl('https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ');
// returns 'dQw4w9WgXcQ'

String? c = getIdFromUrl('https://www.some-other-website.com/blog-post');
// returns null

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