+def sanitize_url_path_consecutive_slashes(url):
+ """Collapses consecutive slashes in URLs' path"""
+ parsed_url = list(compat_urlparse.urlparse(url))
+ parsed_url[2] = re.sub(r'/{2,}', '/', parsed_url[2])
+ return compat_urlparse.urlunparse(parsed_url)
+
+