I'm trying to convert this python regex to a javascript regex
r"""(?x)^
(
(?:https?://|//)? # http(s):// or protocol-independent URL (optional)
(?:(?:(?:(?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com/|
(?:www\.)?deturl\.com/www\.youtube\.com/|
(?:www\.)?pwnyoutube\.com/|
(?:www\.)?yourepeat\.com/|
tube\.majestyc\.net/|
youtube\.googleapis\.com/) # the various hostnames, with wildcard subdomains
(?:.*?\#/)? # handle anchor (#/) redirect urls
(?: # the various things that can precede the ID:
(?:(?:v|embed|e)/) # v/ or embed/ or e/
|(?: # or the v= param in all its forms
(?:(?:watch|movie)(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?/?)? # preceding watch(_popup|.php) or nothing (like /?v=xxxx)
(?:\?|\#!?) # the params delimiter ? or # or #!
(?:.*?&)? # any other preceding param (like /?s=tuff&v=xxxx)
v=
)
))
|youtu\.be/ # just youtu.be/xxxx
|https?://(?:www\.)?cleanvideosearch\.com/media/action/yt/watch\?videoId=
)
)? # all until now is optional -> you can pass the naked ID
([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11}) # here is it! the YouTube video ID
(?(1).+)? # if we found the ID, everything can follow
$"""
I removed the quotes at start and end, added start /^
and end delimiters /i
, escaped forward slashes, removed the free-spacing mode and ended up with this
var VALID_URL = /^((?:https?:\/\/|\/\/)?(?:(?:(?:(?:\w+\.)?[yY][oO][uU][tT][uU][bB][eE](?:-nocookie)?\.com\/|(?:www\.)?deturl\.com\/www\.youtube\.com\/|(?:www\.)?pwnyoutube\.com\/|(?:www\.)?yourepeat\.com\/|tube\.majestyc\.net\/|youtube\.googleapis\.com\/)(?:.*?\#\/)?(?:(?:(?:v|embed|e)\/)|(?:(?:(?:watch|movie)(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?\/?)?(?:\?|\#!?)(?:.*?&)?v=)))|youtu\.be\/|https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?cleanvideosearch\.com\/media\/action\/yt\/watch\?videoId=))?([0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})(?(1).+)?$/g;
However the javascript regex debugger I'm using says Unexpected character "(" after "?"
in regards to the javascript transpose of this part of the python regex
(?(1).+)? # if we found the ID, everything can follow
Any idea how I can resolve this error?