Some useful helpers

helpers.js

export default {
  /**
   * Similar it handles any kind of ajax request
   * @param  { string } url url to call
   * @param  { string } type ajax request type
   * @return { promise }
   */
  ajax(url, type = 'get') {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      var request = new XMLHttpRequest()
      request.open(type, url, true)
      request.onload = function() {
        if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
          resolve(request.responseText)
        } else {
          reject(request)
        }
      }
      request.onerror = function() {
        reject()
      }
      request.send()
    })
  },
  /**
  * Parses SVG fragment and converts it into a fragment
  * method borrowed from snapsvg
  * @param { string } svg
  **/
  parseSVG(svg) {
    var f = document.createDocumentFragment(),
      full = true,
      div = document.createElement('div')
    svg = String(svg)
    if (!svg.match(/^\s*<\s*svg(?:\s|>)/)) {
      svg = '<svg>' + svg + '</svg>'
      full = false
    }
    div.innerHTML = svg
    svg = div.getElementsByTagName('svg')[0]
    if (svg) {
      if (full) {
        f = svg
      } else {
        while (svg.firstChild) {
          f.appendChild(svg.firstChild)
        }
      }
    }
    return f
  }
}