Extracting Article ID from Yahoo News URL

Yahoo News article IDs are embedded in the pickup page URLs.

URL Pattern

Yahoo News pickup URLs follow this pattern:

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6564191

The article ID is the numeric segment after /pickup/.

Extraction Method

Use regex to extract the numeric ID:

const url = "https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6564191";
const match = url.match(/\/pickup\/(\d+)/);

if (match) {
  const articleId = match[1]; // "6564191"
}

Alternative Patterns

Some Yahoo News URLs may use different patterns:

• /pickup/{id} - Main pickup page
• /articles/{id} - Full article page

Use a more general pattern if needed:

const match = url.match(/\/(?:pickup|articles)\/(\d+)/);

Code Example

function extractArticleId(url: string): string | null {
  const match = url.match(/\/pickup\/(\d+)/);
  return match ? match[1] : null;
}

// Usage
const id = extractArticleId("https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6564191");
console.log(id); // "6564191"