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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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import re regex = re.compile(r"(?<=watch\?v=|\/videos\/|embed\/|youtu.be\/|\/v\/|watch\?v%3D|%2Fvideos%2F|embed%2F|youtu.be%2F|%2Fv%2F)[^#\&\?\n]*", flags=re.IGNORECASE) test_str = ("thisdoesnotmatch\n" "seulement11\n" "l_la5XiQJdk\n\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpiMAaPTze8\n" "http://youtu.be/l_la5XiQJdk\n" "http://youtu.be/NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "https://youtu.be/qT47KF5pvfw\n" "https://youtu.be/zImHyTyYhM8?t=4s\n" "http://www.youtube.com/v/NLqAF9hrVbY?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "http://www.youtube.com/v/NLqAF9hrVbY?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "http://www.youtube.com/user/Scobleizer#p/u/1/1p3vcRhsYGo\n" "http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=NRHVzbJVx8I\n" "http://www.youtube.com/sandalsResorts#p/c/54B8C800269D7C1B/2/PPS-8DMrAn4\n" "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDj54kf-vY&feature=g-vrec\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDj54kf-vY&feature=youtu.be\n" "http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/watch?v=NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "http://www.youtube.com/embed/NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLqAF9hrVbY\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRl7cxSOXdU&feature=youtu.be\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07SQFmL4rM\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07SQFmL4yM\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=zImHyTyYhM8\n" "http://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/user/username#p/u/11/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/sandalsResorts#p/c/54B8C800269D7C1B/0/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk&feature=featured\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "http://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "//www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?autoplay=1\n" "https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?t=120\n" "https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk&feature=featured\n" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n\n" "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n\n" "https://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "http://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "//www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n" "youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US\n\n" "https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?autoplay=1\n" "https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "https://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n\n" "https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?t=120\n" "https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "http://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "//youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n" "youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n\n" "https://www.youtube.com/HamdiKickProduction?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk\n") matches = regex.finditer(test_str) for match_num, match in enumerate(matches, start=1): print(f"Match {match_num} was found at {match.start()}-{match.end()}: {match.group()}") for group_num, group in enumerate(match.groups(), start=1): print(f"Group {group_num} found at {match.start(group_num)}-{match.end(group_num)}: {group}")

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html