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vosonSML (version 0.29.13)

vosonSML::GetYoutubeVideoIDs: Extract the ids from a list of youtube video URLs

Description

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.

Usage

GetYoutubeVideoIDs(urls = NULL, file = NULL)

Value

A vector of youtube video ids as character strings that were extracted from input video urls.

Arguments

urls

Character vector. List of youtube URLs.

file

Character string. Text file containing youtube URLs.