waynedunkley
6/4/2015 - 3:20 AM

getAbsoluteUrl - Getting an absolute URL from a variable string isn't as easy as you think. There's the URL constructor but it can act up i

getAbsoluteUrl - Getting an absolute URL from a variable string isn't as easy as you think. There's the URL constructor but it can act up if you don't provide the required arguments (which sometimes you can't). Here's a suave trick for getting an absolute URL from and string input:

getAbsoluteUrl.js
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var getAbsoluteUrl = (function() {
	var a;

	return function(url) {
		if(!a) a = document.createElement('a');
		a.href = url;

		return a.href;
	};
})();

// Usage
getAbsoluteUrl('/something'); // http://davidwalsh.name/something