Create utils.py

utils.py

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+# utils.py
+import time, urllib.parse, logging, random
+from dateutil import parser as dateparser
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+def canonicalize_url(url, base=None):
+    if base:
+        return urllib.parse.urljoin(base, url)
+    return url
+
+def parse_date(s):
+    try:
+        return dateparser.parse(s)
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+def backoff_sleep(attempt):
+    time.sleep(min(2**attempt + random.random(), 10))