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Parse Youtube v3 API Duration to seconds with Javascript
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function youtubeDurationToSeconds(duration) { | |
var hours = 0; | |
var minutes = 0; | |
var seconds = 0; | |
// Remove PT from string ref: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos#contentDetails.duration | |
duration = duration.replace('PT',''); | |
// If the string contains hours parse it and remove it from our duration string | |
if (duration.indexOf('H') > -1) { | |
hours_split = duration.split('H'); | |
hours = parseInt(hours_split[0]); | |
duration = hours_split[1]; | |
} | |
// If the string contains minutes parse it and remove it from our duration string | |
if (duration.indexOf('M') > -1) { | |
minutes_split = duration.split('M'); | |
minutes = parseInt(minutes_split[0]); | |
duration = minutes_split[1]; | |
} | |
// If the string contains seconds parse it and remove it from our duration string | |
if (duration.indexOf('S') > -1) { | |
seconds_split = duration.split('S'); | |
seconds = parseInt(seconds_split[0]); | |
} | |
// Math the values to return seconds | |
return (hours * 60 * 60) + (minutes * 60) + seconds; | |
} |
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10/05/2021 EDIT: Found a bug, so added some extra bits
Amazing thank you. I made some filthy modifications that could look better, but give you back the string as H:M:S.
Return block is this: