Shorten YouTube Link

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Description	This macro shortens a YouTube video from the full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= to the youtu.be version.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	4.2+
Created By	Joshua T
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jan 4, 2017
Date Last Modified	Jan 4, 2017

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public static class ClipboardFusionHelper { public static string ProcessText(string text) { Regex youtubeRegex = new Regex(@"https://www\.youtube\.com\/watch\?v\=(?<id>[^\&]*)(?:\&.*)?"); Match match = youtubeRegex.Match(text); if (!match.Success) { // If this isn't a YouTube video, don't do anything to it return text; } Group idGroup = match.Groups["id"]; string idText = idGroup.Value; return "https://youtu.be/" + idText; } }