More work on VX refactor

utils.py

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+import re
+
+pathregex = re.compile("\\w{1,15}\\/(status|statuses)\\/(\\d{2,20})")
+
+
+def getTweetIdFromUrl(url):
+    match = pathregex.search(url)
+    if match is not None:
+        return match.group(2)
+    else:
+        return None