$(query) not working in nested eval

[uzumakininde]

so basically im trying to make custom command that will get the youtube vid id and trigger urlfetch and include the id into the url

this is the code
somehow the $(query) result will give as $(query), not the value given by chat
$(eval
const api = $(urlfetch
json https://6f1c-60-50-144-78.ngrok.io/api/drum-request/$(userid)/$(user)/$(eval
regExp = /^.((youtu.be/)|(v/)|(/u/\w/)|(embed/)|(watch?))??v?=?([^#&?]).*/;
url = “$(query)”;
match = url.match(regExp);
$id = (match&&match[7].length==11)? match[7] : false;
$id
)
);
api[0]
)

if i were to try getting the youtube vid id on its own, it would works as normal
$(eval
regExp = /^.((youtu.be/)|(v/)|(/u/\w/)|(embed/)|(watch?))??v?=?([^#&?]).*/;
url = “$(query)”;
match = url.match(regExp);
$id = (match&&match[7].length==11)? match[7] : false;
$id
)

[Emily]

Hey @uzumakininde!

I can’t read this code, this is asking too much efforts from me.
Thankfully you formatted it properly on the Discord, so I can tell you what the issue is: you went over the nesting limit, you need to rewrite your code so you don’t exceed two levels.

Here’s three topics that could help:

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