Create utils/helpers.py

app/utils/helpers.py

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+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def format_date(date_str):
+    """Format a date string into a human-readable format."""
+    try:
+        date_obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d")
+        return date_obj.strftime("%b %d, %Y")
+    except ValueError:
+        return date_str
+
+def extract_hashtags(text):
+    """Extract hashtags from a given text."""
+    return re.findall(r"#\w+", text)
+
+def calculate_sentiment_score(sentiment_data):
+    """Calculate an overall sentiment score from sentiment data."""
+    if not sentiment_data:
+        return 0
+    return sum(sentiment_data.values()) / len(sentiment_data)
+
+def paginate(query, page, per_page=10):
+    """Paginate a SQLAlchemy query."""
+    return query.paginate(page=page, per_page=per_page, error_out=False)