From cb3f825014b50a2c5e1f9e41b7d2ae8f3da2f388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason <thebosssg19@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 18:11:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated voice.py with uri removal too

---
 utils/voice.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/voice.py b/utils/voice.py
index 7661981..e6f3989 100644
--- a/utils/voice.py
+++ b/utils/voice.py
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ import re
 def sanitize_text(text):
     """
     Sanitizes the text for tts.
-    What gets removed:
+       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, " ", text)
+
     # note: not removing apostrophes
     regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
-    result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", text)
+    result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", result)
 
     # remove extra whitespace
     return " ".join(result.split())