1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index e8a80bdc3..ac6d127cc 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import v4 = require('uuid/v4');
 import v5 = require("uuid/v5");
 import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
 import { Message } from './server/Message';
+import { RouteStore } from './server/RouteStore';
 
 export class Utils {
 
@@ -27,6 +28,18 @@ export class Utils {
         return { scale, translateX, translateY };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A convenience method. Prepends the full path (i.e. http://localhost:1050) to the
+     * requested extension
+     * @param extension the specified sub-path to append to the window origin
+     */
+    public static prepend(extension: string): string {
+        return window.location.origin + extension;
+    }
+    public static CorsProxy(url: string): string {
+        return this.prepend(RouteStore.corsProxy + "/") + encodeURIComponent(url);
+    }
+
     public static CopyText(text: string) {
         var textArea = document.createElement("textarea");
         textArea.value = text;