link generator for bookmarklet

bookmarklet.js

// Directions
// Step 1: Click Gist Raw, then Copy/Paste entire gist into Bookmarklets.org/maker/
// Step 2: Change the first 3 variables: alias, event, docs
// Step 3: At the bottom of the Bookmarklets.org page, right click the Bookmarklet Hyperlink and "copy link"
// Step 4: Right click int he bookmark bar in the browser and paste
//
// Credit: Thanks to Shayne Boyer and Scott Care for core code and inspiration

javascript:
(
  function () {
    var alias = 'jopapa';
    var event = prompt('Enter value for the event', '');
    var channel = prompt('Enter value for the channel', 'twitter');
    
    function copyToClipboard(text) {
      var textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
      textarea.textContent = text;
      textarea.style.position = "fixed";  /* Prevent scrolling to bottom of page in MS Edge.*/
      document.body.appendChild(textarea);
      textarea.select();
      try {
        return document.execCommand("copy");  /* Security exception may be thrown by some browsers.*/
      } catch (ex) {
        console.warn("Copy to clipboard failed.", ex);
        return false;
      } finally {
        document.body.removeChild(textarea);
      }
    }

    //Get current URL
    var baseUrl = document.location.href;
    
    //remove current locale for sharing
    const regex = /microsoft.com\/\w{2}-\w{2}\//g;
    const subst = 'microsoft.com/';
    baseUrl = baseUrl.replace(regex,subst);
    
    //respect or ignore currect query string
    var separator = baseUrl.indexOf('?') > 0 ? '&' : '?';
    
    //respect or ignore hash
    var hash = '';
    var hasHash = baseUrl.indexOf('#');
    if (hasHash != -1) {
      hash = baseUrl.substr(hasHash);
      baseUrl = baseUrl.replace(hash, '');
    }
    
    //build final URL
    var final = baseUrl + separator + 'WT.mc_id=' + event + '-' + channel + '-' + alias + hash;
    
    copyToClipboard(final);
  })();