post_url = parsing.to_protocol_relative(parsing.url_to_shortlink(post.post_url))
poster_url = parsing.to_protocol_relative(parsing.user_url_to_shortlink(post.user_url))

 [ 0] "//stackoverflow.com/a/42659607",
    [ 1] "//stackoverflow.com/questions/42657867",
    [ 2] "//electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/291005",
    [ 3] "//android.stackexchange.com/a/170608",
    [ 4] "//stackoverflow.com/questions/42660604",
    [ 5] "//bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/51947",
    [ 6] "//academia.stackexchange.com/a/86140",
    [ 7] "//softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/39939",
    [ 8] "//stackoverflow.com/questions/18883726",
    [ 9] "//cooking.stackexchange.com/a/78968",

if 'link' in response:
    self._post_url = response["link"]

@property
def post_url(self):
    return unicode(self._post_url)

>>> path
'http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/378656/pink-radley-purse-purple-radley-purse-nylon-is-durable'
>>> pathsplit = path.split('/')[:-1]
>>> pathsplit[1] = '/'
>>> '/'.join(pathsplit)
'http:///english.stackexchange.com/questions/378656'

http://askubuntu.com/questions/893536/what-is-nuvella-serum-and-how-can-it-function
hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/734

  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/websocket/_core.py", line 357, in recv_frame
    return self.frame_buffer.recv_frame()

  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/websocket/_abnf.py", line 336, in recv_frame
    self.recv_header()

  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/websocket/_abnf.py", line 286, in recv_header
    header = self.recv_strict(2)

  File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/websocket/_abnf.py", line 371, in recv_strict
    bytes_ = self.recv(min(16384, shortage))

    response = self.get(url, data, headers, with_chat_root)

  File "/home/ubuntu/ws/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/browser.py", line 110, in get
    return self._request('get', url, data, headers, with_chat_root)

  File "/home/ubuntu/ws/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/browser.py", line 102, in _request
    response.raise_for_status()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 909, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)