This function reads YouTube video urls from a list and or a text file and converts them to a vector of
video ids. For example, URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73I5dRucCds
returns the id 73I5dRucCds
.
This function can be used to create a vector for the YouTube Collect.youtube
functions
videoIDs
parameter.
GetYoutubeVideoIDs(urls = NULL, file = NULL)
Character vector. List of YouTube urls.
Character string. Text file containing YouTube urls, one per line.
A vector of YouTube video ids as character strings that were extracted from input video urls.
Accepts YouTube url formats https://youtu.be/xxxxxxxx
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxx
.