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Google Script: YouTube Channel Username to Channel ID
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| function ytChannelId(channelName) { | |
| if(channelName) { | |
| var name = getChannelFromUrl(channelName); | |
| var url = "https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/" + name + "?fields=id&alt=json"; | |
| var result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url); | |
| var data = Utilities.jsonParse(result.getContentText()) | |
| if(typeof data['entry'] !== 'undefined' && data['entry']['id']['$t'] !== 'undefined') { | |
| var id = "UC" + data['entry']['id']['$t'].split('/').pop(); | |
| return id; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return ''; | |
| } | |
| function getChannelFromUrl(url) { | |
| var pattern = new RegExp('^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?youtube\.com/(user/)?([a-z\-_0-9]+)/?([\?#]?.*)', 'i'); | |
| var matches = url.match(pattern); | |
| if(matches) { | |
| return matches[4]; | |
| } | |
| return url; | |
| } |
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