Remove links from text

video_creation/voices.py

@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ def sanitize_text(reddit_obj):
 
     What gets removed:
     - following characters`^_~@!&;#:-%“”‘"%*/{}[]()\|<>?=+`
+    - any http or https links
     """
 
+    # remove any urls from the text
+    regex_urls = r"((http|https)://[^\s]+)"
+    result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", reddit_obj)
+
     # note: not removing apostrophes
     regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
-    result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", reddit_obj)
+    result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", result)
 
     # remove extra whitespace
     return " ".join(result.split())