I have 2 urls from soundcloud that I would like to get everything after the /(or).sc/, I don't understand regex at all, I could do the javascript match/replace, only problem is the http vs https

Any help would be much appreciated.

Here's what I've got, not sure how to do the https of the replace or if this is the best way to approach this...

function getSoundCloudInfo(url){
    return url.replace("/", "").replace("/", "");
}

I have 2 urls from soundcloud that I would like to get everything after the .com/(or).sc/, I don't understand regex at all, I could do the javascript match/replace, only problem is the http vs https

https://soundcloud.com/ilyao/lyao-lj-mtx-and-lj-mtxs-hair

http://snd.sc/1cvgIjv

Any help would be much appreciated.

Here's what I've got, not sure how to do the https of the replace or if this is the best way to approach this...

function getSoundCloudInfo(url){
    return url.replace("https://soundcloud.com/", "").replace("http://snd.sc/", "");
}

• javascript
• regex

• Could you show us what you have tried ? – HamZa Commented Aug 14, 2013 at 9:24
• 1 @HamZa I just added what I'm currently using – Brian Putt Commented Aug 14, 2013 at 9:34

4 Answers 4

function getSoundCloudInfo(url){
  var regexp = /^https?:\/\/(soundcloud\.com|snd\.sc)\/(.*)$/;
  return url.match(regexp) && url.match(regexp)[2]
}

It is too late, but...

Don't forget about:

1. mobile version (m. after http(s)://)
2. possible slash at the end
3. with or without SSL/TLS, so it can be http or https
4. with or without www

So, full regex is:

^(https?:\/\/)?(www.)?(m\.)?soundcloud\.com\/[\w\-\.]+(\/)+[\w\-\.]+/?$

((https:\/\/)|(http:\/\/)|(www.)|(m\.)|(\s))+(soundcloud.com\/)+[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+(\/)+[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+    

const FULL_YOUTUBE_REG_EXP = /^(?:(https?):\/\/)?(?:(?:www|m)\.)?youtube\.com\/watch.*v=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/
const SHORT_YOUTUBE_REG_EXP = /^(?:(https?):\/\/)?(?:(?:www|m)\.)?youtu\.be\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/
const VIMEO_REG_EXP = /^(?:(https?):\/\/)?(?:www\.)?vimeo\.com\/(\d+)/
const SOUNDCLOUD_REGEXP = /^(?:(https?):\/\/)?(?:(?:www|m)\.)?(soundcloud\.com|snd\.sc)\/(.*)$/