Python (re)

Twitter / X URL in PY

Match Twitter/X profile and status URLs, capturing the handle and (optional) tweet ID.

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Pattern

regexPY
https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:twitter|x)\.com\/([A-Za-z0-9_]{1,15})(?:\/status\/(\d+))?   (flags: g)

Python (re) code

pyPython
import re

pattern = re.compile(r"https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:twitter|x)\.com\/([A-Za-z0-9_]{1,15})(?:\/status\/(\d+))?")
input_text = "https://twitter.com/jack/status/20"
for m in pattern.finditer(input_text):
    print(m.group(0))

Stdlib `re` module — no third-party dependency. Works on Python 3.6+.

How the pattern works

https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:twitter|x)\.com matches the domain — both legacy twitter.com and current x.com, with optional www. ([A-Za-z0-9_]{1,15}) captures the handle. (?:\/status\/(\d+))? optionally captures a tweet ID for status URLs.

Examples

Input

https://twitter.com/jack/status/20

Matches

  • https://twitter.com/jack/status/20

Input

Profile: https://x.com/elonmusk

Matches

  • https://x.com/elonmusk

Input

no twitter links

No match

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Same pattern, other engines

JavaScript / ECMAScript

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in JavaScript's built-in RegExp.

Go (RE2)

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in Go's `regexp` package (RE2 engine).

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