Extract youtube video ID from url or share link

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function youtubeVideoId(url){
var matches1 = url.match(/v=([\w-_]+)/), // Matches the v= part of the youtube url
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Given a URL such as: ' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40pzaWhC2M' or ' http://youtu.be/l40pzaWhC2M'

This function will return just the ID of the video, in this case 'l40pzaWhC2M'

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