email obfuscation

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/static/email.js b/static/email.js
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+//btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(str))))
+//atob(escape(decodeURIComponent(str))))
+
+// Find all the elements on the page that use class="m-protected"
+var allElements = document.getElementsByClassName('m-protected');
+
+// Loop through all the elements, and update them
+for (var i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++) {
+    updateAnchor(allElements[i]);
+}
+
+function updateAnchor(el) {
+    // fetch the hex-encoded string from the title property
+    var encoded = el.getAttribute('title');
+
+    // replace the title
+    el.title = 'Mail';
+
+    // decode the email address and remove the added string 'abridge'.
+    var decoded = atob(encoded).substring(7);
+
+    // Set the link to be a "mailto:" link
+    el.href = 'mailto:' + decoded;
+}