module YoutubeTitles def youtube_title_for video_id http = Net::HTTP.new('gdata.youtube.com', 80) path = "/feeds/api/videos/#{video_id}?v=2" resp, data = http.get(path, nil) title = data.match(/(.*)<\/title>/) unless title.nil? title = title.to_s[7..-9] end title || I18n.t('application.helper.video_title.unknown') end def get_youtube_title text self.youtube_titles ||= {} youtube_match = text.match(YOUTUBE_ID_REGEX) return unless youtube_match video_id = youtube_match[1] unless self.youtube_titles[video_id] self.youtube_titles[video_id] = CGI::escape(youtube_title_for(video_id)) end end YOUTUBE_ID_REGEX = /youtube\.com.*?v=([A-Za-z0-9_\\\-]+)/ unless defined? YOUTUBE_ID_REGEX end