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Parse video ids from youtube without API on Swift
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func getVideosFor(query: String) -> Set<String> { | |
let safeQuery = query.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)! | |
let myURLString = "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=\(safeQuery)" | |
guard let myURL = URL(string: myURLString) else { | |
print("Error: \(myURLString) doesn't seem to be a valid URL") | |
return Set() | |
} | |
do { | |
let plainHTMLString = try String(contentsOf: myURL, encoding: .utf8).replacingOccurrences(of: #"\x22"#, with: #"""#) | |
let pattern = #""videoId":"([^\"]+)""# | |
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) | |
var parsedVideoIds = Set<String>() | |
let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: plainHTMLString.utf16.count) | |
let matches = regex.matches(in: plainHTMLString, range: stringRange) | |
for match in matches { | |
for rangeIndex in 1 ..< match.numberOfRanges { | |
let nsRange = match.range(at: rangeIndex) | |
guard !NSEqualRanges(nsRange, NSMakeRange(NSNotFound, 0)) else { continue } | |
let string = (plainHTMLString as NSString).substring(with: nsRange) | |
parsedVideoIds.insert(string) | |
} | |
} | |
return parsedVideoIds | |
} catch let error { | |
print("Error: \(error)") | |
return Set() | |
} | |
} | |
let ronaldoVideos = getVideosFor(query: "ronaldo") | |
// ["dbp91G9EA8U", "cpcRaOQjTdI", "Gsq1QhVDXyY", "G29kSbMYNHw", "KJd3405M3Qw", "8-5n0L2uLDg", "toxp8YHn3GY", "x_fc_HxcL-o", "ayMJxT13pgY", "y89Npmx-zG0", "OUKGsb8CpF8", "-MmdxqbrWWU", "n0un__Wiqww", "inwTxR6d6W0", "AmHsd9NG_fs", "kg4VVXhfO4g", "7BSoyT4V_S4", "z7xI58dFZjI", "Y1P6_vOzAzA", "L6Uftuyqixg", "cSdMZehoiiU", "gqVc2kgZths", "-_EVfrXqkEo"] |
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