@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def sanitize_text(text):
"""
# remove any urls from the text
regex_urls = r"((http|https)://[^\s]+)"
regex_urls = r'((http|https)\:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#]+\.([a-zA-Z]){2,6}([a-zA-Z0-9\.\&\/\?\:@\-_=#])*'
result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", text)
# note: not removing apostrophes