How can REGEX be used to extract the ID at the end of a URL excluding the forward slash

Question

Struggling with a GreaseMonkey script and need help with a REGEX to extract the ID from a URL of an article.

Here is an example URL:

I want to extract the ID at the end after the comma: 272317

I tried using this REGEX: (,([\d]+)) to only capture digits after the comma, which gave me ,272317 but I don't want the comma at the beginning.

Any suggestions on how to improve my REGEX?

Thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

Answer №1

To successfully extract the digits, it is advisable to eliminate the outer paranthesis as they are not required for capturing the target numbers.

,(\d+)$

Answer 2

To successfully extract the digits, it is advisable to eliminate the outer paranthesis as they are not required for capturing the target numbers.

,(\d+)$

Answer 3

A creative solution that avoids using regex:

const link = 'https://www.example.com/cat-video-fun-times-123,987654';
link.slice(link.lastIndexOf(',') + 1);

To find the digits at the end of the link, you could use the regular expression (\d+)$, but it wouldn't account for the comma.

Answer 4

A creative solution that avoids using regex:

const link = 'https://www.example.com/cat-video-fun-times-123,987654';
link.slice(link.lastIndexOf(',') + 1);

To find the digits at the end of the link, you could use the regular expression (\d+)$, but it wouldn't account for the comma.

Answer 5

Give this a shot: (?!,)([0-9]+){5}. This regex pattern should work well if the numerical ID is greater than 5.

Answer 6

Give this a shot: (?!,)([0-9]+){5}. This regex pattern should work well if the numerical ID is greater than 5.