HTML and Twitter URL - regex - Search and Replace

Question

this is my full HTML Code to find and replace:

    <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter">
        <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
            <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
                <p lang="en" dir="ltr">
                    <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrisisCore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CrisisCore</a>
                        –Final Fantasy VII– Reunion is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam on December 13.<br><br>Here&#39;s how it&#39;ll run on each platform.
                    <a href="https:// t.co/ 2IdZP6yQGn">pic.twitter.com/2IdZP6yQGn</a>
                </p>
                &mdash; FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) 
                <a href="https://twitter.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1593246579489505281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2022</a>
            </blockquote>
            <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
        </div>
    </figure>

(Shortner URL to.co dont work in stackoverflow)

and i need only the Twitter Share URL:
https://twitter.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1593246579489505281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

and now can i replace this in: [embed width="550"]$1[/embed]
but the regex need to serach the full html and replace it in the short code.

Can we say: find the class= * wp-block-embed-twitter and find the Twitter-URL (https://twitter.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1593246579489505281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and then replace it in the Short-Code?

This code changes again and again

<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrisisCore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
    #CrisisCore
</a>
–Final Fantasy VII– Reunion is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam on December 13.<br><br>Here&#39;s how it&#39;ll run on each platform.
<a href="https:// t.co/ 2IdZP6yQGn">pic.twitter.com/2IdZP6yQGn</a>

and this code:

&mdash; FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) 
<a href="https://twitter.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1593246579489505281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
    November 17, 2022
</a>

Unfortunately, I have no idea about regex at all. I have familiarized myself with a few examples from https://regex101.com/.
Is there maybe a regex generator?
Or what is the best way to handle so much code with the parser regex?

maybe someone can help me here? Or tell me where I can get help.

Does that URL contain always /status/ and ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ? — Andrej Kesely
– Andrej Kesely, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 20:11
if you go on twitter you can see in the "Tweet embed" the Url like this scheme: https://twitter.com/WalkingDead_AMC/status/1595099944636932097 the ?ref_src could therefore also be deleted — Sebastian
– Sebastian, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 20:23
this is the Twitter URL + "Twitter Username" + status + "Post-ID" — Sebastian
– Sebastian, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 20:25
And wordpress like in the Editor: [embed width="550"]https://twitter.com/WalkingDead_AMC/status/1595099944636932097[/embed] — Sebastian
– Sebastian, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 20:26

Andrej Kesely · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-22 20:30:55Z

1

Try:

(https:\/\/twitter\.com\/[^\/]+\/status\/\d+)\s*[^"]+

Regex demo.

(https:\/\/twitter\.com\/[^\/]+\/status\/\d+) - match http://twitter.com/<name>/status/<any number> as group 1

\s*[^"]+ - we don't want the parameters, so match until end of parameter "

The substitution is then:

\[embed width="550"\]\g<1>\[/embed\]

answered Nov 22, 2022 at 20:30

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Sebastian Over a year ago

the first steps is very nice, THANKS! But the other code is the "problem". search for the full html, and replace it in the simple code: \[embed width="550"\]\g<1>\[/embed\] i edit the post up.

Andrej Kesely Over a year ago

@Sebastian But what is the problem? What language do you use?

Sebastian Over a year ago

This is an HTML Scraper. Which sees the source code of a web page.

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