Relative Path Problems in Javascript Ajax call

Question

Okay, I have a JavaScript file with the following functions:

function AskReason() {
    var answer = prompt(\"Please enter a reason for this action:\", \"\")         


        

Answer 1

I had a similar problem where an absolute URL was needed but the reference broke when going from localhost to the production server. I resolved it by checking if a "localhost" string exists in:

var environ = window.location.host;

Then you can simply do:

if (environ === "localhost") {
    var baseurl = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/" + "shared/";
} else {
    var baseurl = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/";
}

Then you can add baseurl in front of whatever url you need to reference.