Javascript regex - if do not match a part of url continue

Asked Dec 23 '19 at 21:04

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i need a regex from CNN url to match the url part for their embeded video. it should find part of URL between videos/ & /video.

it's easy with this simple regex

videos\/(.*)\/video

//www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/12/17/dawn-powerwash-dish-spray-zw-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/

But some url do not have the second '/video' word.

//www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/11/15/modern-glass-house-new-york-green-roof-orig.cnn-business

I need that part after the word video til the end

In my example here, the third one do not work because there's no the second /video/ part in the url.

asked Dec 23 '19 at 21:04

Gino

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Use an alternation to assert the end of the string https://regex101.com/r/zHr1w2/1 – The fourth bird Dec 23 '19 at 21:06
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`/videos\/(.*?)(?:\/video|$)/` – Wiktor Stribiżew Dec 23 '19 at 21:07

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