Bookmarklet to automatically insert proxy stems for accessing journal articles off-campus.

insert-proxy-bookmarklet.js

javascript:var%20insert_proxy%20=%20function(proxy)%20{var%20url%20=%20document.URL;if%20(url.indexOf(proxy)%20===%20-1)%20{var%20parser%20=%20document.createElement(%27a%27);parser.href%20=%20url;var%20host%20=%20parser.host;if%20(host%20==%20%27www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%27)%20{host%20=%20host.replace(/\./g,%20%27-%27);};host%20=%20host.concat(proxy);proxy_url%20=%20url.replace(parser.host,%20host);window.open(proxy_url,%20%27_self%27);};};insert_proxy(%27.proxy.library.vcu.edu%27);

insert-proxy.js

var insert_proxy = function(proxy) {
  var url = document.URL;

  // Check if URL already contains proxy
  if (url.indexOf(proxy) === -1) {
    var parser = document.createElement('a');
    parser.href = url;
    var host = parser.host;
    
    // PubMed requires dashes (for some reason)
    if (host == 'www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov') {
      host = host.replace(/\./g, '-');
    };
    
    host = host.concat(proxy);
    proxy_url = url.replace(parser.host, host);
    window.open(proxy_url, '_self'); 
    };
};

insert_proxy('.proxy.library.vcu.edu');