A quick way to clean up an URL, removing common tracking and getting around proxy links to get the proper permanent link.

cleanURL.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import requests
import sys
from re import search
from subprocess import check_output

url = check_output('pbpaste')
r = requests.get(url)

#Need to remove some cases with &utm_source
match =  search(r'[?&#]utm_', r.url)

# Because I'm not smart and trigger this with
# already clean URLs

if match:
  cleanURL = r.url.split(match.group())[0]
else:
  cleanURL = r.url

print cleanURL