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+export class BaseController {
+    constructor() {
+	this.comments_server_url = document.getElementById('comments-client').src;
+	this.origin = window.location.origin;
+	this.protocol = this.getProtocol();
+	this.domain = this.getDomain();
+	this.post = window.location.pathname;
+	this.comments_server_host = `${this.protocol}//${this.domain}`;
+	this.parser = new DOMParser();
+    }
+
+    getDomain() {
+	return this.comments_server_url.split('/')[2];
+    }
+
+    getProtocol() {
+	return this.comments_server_url.split('/')[0];
+    }
+
+    htmlFromResponse(body) {
+	return this.parser.parseFromString(body, "text/html");
+    }
+
+    async get(route) {
+	try {
+	    const response = await fetch(`${this.comments_server_host}${route}`);
+
+	    return response.text().then(this.htmlFromResponse.bind(this));
+	} catch(error) {
+	    return null;
+	}
+    }
+}