For a few of my recent projects, we've had to parse out usernames from various social media URLs. We usually do this on user settings pages to make it easy when filling out forms; you can either write in your handle or paste in a URL.
In PHP
<?php
$urls = [
'https://www.twitter.com/mattkenefick',
'http://www.twitter.com/mattkenefick',
'www.twitter.com/mattkenefick',
'twitter.com/mattkenefick',
'https://www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial',
'http://www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial',
'www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial',
'instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial',
'vimeo.com/my-name-goes-here',
'medium.com/@mattkenefick',
'basic-name',
'12345678',
'',
];
/**
* Parse username from social media URL
*
* @param string $url
* @return string
*/
function parseUsername(string $url): string
{
$output = $url;
// Parse username
preg_match('/(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www.)?(?:twitter|medium|facebook|vimeo|instagram)(?:.com\/)?([@a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/im', $url, $matches);
// Set output
$output = count($matches) ? $matches[1] : $output;
return $output;
}
// Parse
foreach ($urls as $url) {
$name = parseUsername($url);
echo "Extacted: [$name] from $url \n";
}
// Extacted: [mattkenefick] from https://www.twitter.com/mattkenefick
// Extacted: [mattkenefick] from http://www.twitter.com/mattkenefick
// Extacted: [mattkenefick] from www.twitter.com/mattkenefick
// Extacted: [mattkenefick] from twitter.com/mattkenefick
// Extacted: [tonightaliveofficial] from https://www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial
// Extacted: [tonightaliveofficial] from http://www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial
// Extacted: [tonightaliveofficial] from www.instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial
// Extacted: [tonightaliveofficial] from instagram.com/tonightaliveofficial
// Extacted: [my-name-goes-here] from vimeo.com/my-name-goes-here
// Extacted: [@mattkenefick] from medium.com/@mattkenefick
// Extacted: [basic-name] from basic-name
// Extacted: [12345678] from 12345678
// Extacted: [] from
In JavaScript
// One-liner
(url.match(/(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www.)?(?:twitter|medium|facebook|vimeo|instagram)(?:.com\/)?([@a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/im) || [url])[1];
// Function
function parseUsername(url)
{
let output = url;
let matches;
// Parse username
matches = url.match(/(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www.)?(?:twitter|medium|facebook|vimeo|instagram)(?:.com\/)?([@a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/im);
// Set output
output = matches.length ? matches[1] : output;
return output;
}
Here's a testable example. in JavaScript. https://jsfiddle.net/124ojfmp/
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