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+"""Classify an Amazon start URL and extract its identifiers.
+
+Covers the ``categoryOrProductUrls`` shapes accepted on input: product
+pages (``/dp/ASIN``, ``/gp/product/ASIN``), search / category pages (``/s?k=``,
+``/s?bbn=``, ``/s?rh=``), bestsellers pages (``/zgbs/`` / ``/gp/bestsellers/``),
+and shortened links (``a.co`` / ``amzn.to`` / ``amzn.eu``, which need a network
+redirect to resolve — classified here, resolved later in the fetch layer).
+
+Pure, no I/O. The ``marketplace`` suffix (``com``, ``de``, ``co.uk``, ...) is
+derived from the host so the fetch layer can default the proxy country and UI
+language without a separate geocoding step.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Literal
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
+
+ResolvedKind = Literal["product", "search", "bestsellers", "shortened"]
+
+_SHORTLINK_HOSTS = ("a.co", "amzn.to", "amzn.eu")
+
+# ASIN: a 10-char uppercase alphanumeric id, carried in the canonical product
+# path forms (``/dp/``, ``/gp/product/``, ``/product/``) or a ``?asin=`` query.
+_ASIN_PATH_RE = re.compile(r"/(?:dp|gp/product|product|d)/([A-Z0-9]{10})(?:[/?]|$)")
+_ASIN_QUERY_RE = re.compile(r"[?&]asin=([A-Z0-9]{10})", re.IGNORECASE)
+
+# Search/category pages carry their query in these params even without a /s path.
+_SEARCH_QUERY_KEYS = ("k", "bbn", "rh")
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ResolvedUrl:
+    kind: ResolvedKind
+    url: str
+    asin: str | None = None
+    domain: str | None = None
+    marketplace: str | None = None  # TLD suffix, e.g. "com", "de", "co.uk"
+
+
+def extract_asin(url: str) -> str | None:
+    """Pull the 10-char ASIN out of an Amazon product URL, if present."""
+    match = _ASIN_PATH_RE.search(url)
+    if match:
+        return match.group(1)
+    match = _ASIN_QUERY_RE.search(url)
+    return match.group(1).upper() if match else None
+
+
+def _marketplace_from_host(host: str) -> str | None:
+    """The Amazon TLD suffix (``com``, ``de``, ``co.uk``, ...), or ``None``.
+
+    Strips common subdomain prefixes and the ``amazon`` label, returning the
+    remainder (e.g. ``www.amazon.co.jp`` -> ``co.jp``).
+    """
+    host = host.lower()
+    for prefix in ("www.", "smile."):
+        if host.startswith(prefix):
+            host = host[len(prefix) :]
+    if not host.startswith("amazon."):
+        return None
+    return host[len("amazon.") :] or None
+
+
+def resolve_url(url: str) -> ResolvedUrl | None:
+    """Classify an Amazon start URL into a scrape job, or ``None`` if unrecognized."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    host = (parsed.hostname or "").lower()
+    path = parsed.path or ""
+
+    # Shortened links resolve to their real URL later, in the fetch layer.
+    if host in _SHORTLINK_HOSTS:
+        return ResolvedUrl("shortened", url)
+
+    if "amazon." not in host:
+        return None
+
+    marketplace = _marketplace_from_host(host)
+
+    # Bestsellers before search: a /zgbs page has no /s path but is its own kind.
+    if "/zgbs/" in path or path.startswith("/gp/bestsellers"):
+        return ResolvedUrl("bestsellers", url, domain=host, marketplace=marketplace)
+
+    # Product: canonical /dp/ (etc.) path with an ASIN.
+    asin = extract_asin(url)
+    if asin is not None:
+        return ResolvedUrl(
+            "product", url, asin=asin, domain=host, marketplace=marketplace
+        )
+
+    # Search / category: the /s path, or any search-carrying query param.
+    query = parse_qs(parsed.query)
+    if path.startswith("/s") or any(k in query for k in _SEARCH_QUERY_KEYS):
+        return ResolvedUrl("search", url, domain=host, marketplace=marketplace)
+
+    return None