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YouTube Video ID Extractor
Pull the 11-character ID out of any YouTube URL, plus the canonical link and thumbnail URL.
Same job, one API call
Runs in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere.
Questions
Which URL shapes does it accept?
watch?v=, youtu.be, /shorts/, /embed/, /live/, /v/, and a bare 11-character ID — the same forms the TranscriptLab API accepts.
What about links with playlists or tracking parameters?
They are ignored — the extractor keeps only the 11-character video ID. Paste the messy share-sheet link; cleaning it is the point.
Can it pull a channel ID from a video link?
No — the video URL does not carry the channel ID. This tool extracts the video ID and builds the canonical link and thumbnail URL from it.
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