diff --git a/docma-config.json b/docma-config.json
index 848891deb7..cbaeebb585 100644
--- a/docma-config.json
+++ b/docma-config.json
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
             "web/client/epics/search.js",
 
             "web/client/utils/index.jsdoc",
-            "web/client/utils/PluginsUtils.js"
+            "web/client/utils/PluginsUtils.js",
+            "web/client/utils/ShareUtils.js"
           ],
           "jsapi": "web/client/jsapi/MapStore2.js",
             "plugins": [
diff --git a/web/client/actions/fullscreen.js b/web/client/actions/fullscreen.js
index 535fe706ab..b0a2ed03dd 100644
--- a/web/client/actions/fullscreen.js
+++ b/web/client/actions/fullscreen.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 const TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN = "TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN";
 /**
  * when fullscreen have to be toggled
+ * @memberof actions.fullscreen
  * @param  {boolean} enable          true for enable, false for disable
  * @param  {string} elementSelector querySelector string to use to get the element to fullscreen.
  * @return {action}                   the action of type `TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN` with enable flag and element selector.
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ function toggleFullscreen(enable, elementSelector) {
         elementSelector
     };
 }
-
+/**
+ * Actions for FullScreen Plugin.
+ * @name actions.fullscreen
+ */
 module.exports = {
     toggleFullscreen,
     TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/Share.jsx b/web/client/plugins/Share.jsx
index f0508aa78b..a67e24dfe0 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/Share.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/Share.jsx
@@ -15,20 +15,8 @@ const {Glyphicon} = require('react-bootstrap');
 const Message = require('../components/I18N/Message');
 const {toggleControl} = require('../actions/controls');
 const ConfigUtils = require('../utils/ConfigUtils');
+const ShareUtils = require('../utils/ShareUtils');
 
-const Url = require('url');
-
-const getApiUrl = (url) => {
-    let urlParsedObj = Url.parse(url, true);
-
-    return urlParsedObj.protocol + '//' + urlParsedObj.host + urlParsedObj.path;
-};
-
-const getConfigUrl = (url) => {
-    let urlParsedObj = Url.parse(url, true);
-
-    return urlParsedObj.protocol + '//' + (urlParsedObj.host + urlParsedObj.path + ConfigUtils.getConfigProp('geoStoreUrl') + 'data/' + urlParsedObj.hash.substring(urlParsedObj.hash.lastIndexOf('/') + 1, urlParsedObj.hash.lastIndexOf('?'))).replace('//', '/');
-};
 /**
  * Share Plugin allows to share the current URL (location.href) in some different ways.
  * You can share it on socials networks(facebook,twitter,google+,linkedin)
@@ -49,8 +37,8 @@ const getConfigUrl = (url) => {
 const Share = connect((state) => ({
     isVisible: state.controls && state.controls.share && state.controls.share.enabled,
     shareUrl: location.href,
-    shareApiUrl: getApiUrl(location.href),
-    shareConfigUrl: getConfigUrl(location.href)
+    shareApiUrl: ShareUtils.getApiUrl(location.href),
+    shareConfigUrl: ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(location.href, ConfigUtils.getConfigProp('geoStoreUrl'))
 }), {
     onClose: toggleControl.bind(null, 'share', null)
 })(require('../components/share/SharePanel'));
diff --git a/web/client/utils/ShareUtils.js b/web/client/utils/ShareUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ee231445c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/utils/ShareUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const Url = require('url');
+
+/**
+ * Utility functions for Share tools
+ * @memberof utils
+ * @type {Object}
+ */
+var ShareUtils = {
+    /**
+     * get the absolute URL from the local url and the url to convert
+     * @param  {string} localUrl     the context where to evaluate the URL, typically location.href
+     * @param  {string} urlToConvert the url to convert
+     * @return {string}              the absolute url of the urlToConvert
+     */
+    getAbsoluteURL: (localUrl, urlToConvert) => {
+        // case absolute URL
+        if (urlToConvert.indexOf("http") === 0 || urlToConvert.indexOf("//") === 0) {
+            return urlToConvert;
+        }
+        return Url.resolve(localUrl, urlToConvert);
+    },
+    /**
+     * get the url for the configuration in GeoStore parsing the hash string (`#/viewer/{maptype}/1`)
+     * @param  {string} url     the context where to evaluate the URL, typically location.href
+     * @param  {string} geoStoreUrl the Base URL of GeoStore
+     * @return {string} the absolute url of the GeoStore Resource
+     */
+    getConfigUrl: (url, geoStoreUrl) => {
+        let urlParsedObj = Url.parse(url, true);
+        if (!urlParsedObj.hash) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const start = urlParsedObj.hash.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;
+        const end = urlParsedObj.hash.lastIndexOf('?') >= 0 ? urlParsedObj.hash.lastIndexOf('?') : urlParsedObj.hash.length;
+        const mapId = urlParsedObj.hash.substring(start, end);
+        return Url.resolve(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(url, geoStoreUrl), ('data/' + mapId));
+    },
+    /**
+     * Parses the API url to get the proper base path where to retrieve the js for the api.
+     * @param  {string} url the current context
+     * @return {string}     the base path of mapstore where to retrieve the js api.
+     */
+    getApiUrl: (url) => {
+        let urlParsedObj = Url.parse(url, false);
+        return urlParsedObj.protocol + '//' + urlParsedObj.host + urlParsedObj.pathname;
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = ShareUtils;
diff --git a/web/client/utils/__tests__/ShareUtils-test.js b/web/client/utils/__tests__/ShareUtils-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44b47d01aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/client/utils/__tests__/ShareUtils-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+var expect = require('expect');
+var ShareUtils = require('../ShareUtils');
+
+
+const MAPSTORE_PATH = "/mapstore/";
+const MAP_HASH_PATH = "#/viewer/leaflet/";
+const GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH = "data/";
+const QUERY_STRING = "?config=myCustomConfig";
+const MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH = "/mapstore/rest/geostore/";
+const STANDALONE_GEOSTORE_PATH = "/geostore/rest/";
+
+const LOCALURL = "http://localhost:8081";
+const SOMEHOST = "http://somehost.it";
+const DEV_URL = "http://dev.mapstore2.geo-solutions.it";
+
+const LOCALURL_PATH = LOCALURL + MAPSTORE_PATH;
+const DEV_URL_PATH = DEV_URL + MAPSTORE_PATH;
+const DEV_URL_MAP_PATH = DEV_URL_PATH + MAP_HASH_PATH;
+const SOMEHOST_PATH = SOMEHOST + MAPSTORE_PATH;
+const SOMEHOST_PATH_QUERY_STRING = SOMEHOST_PATH + QUERY_STRING;
+const EXTERNAL_GEOSTORE = "http://dev.mapstore2.geo-solutions.it/geostore/rest/";
+
+describe('ShareUtils test', () => {
+    it('getAbsoluteURL', () => {
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(LOCALURL, MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe( LOCALURL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH );
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(DEV_URL, MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(DEV_URL_PATH, MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(SOMEHOST_PATH, STANDALONE_GEOSTORE_PATH)).toBe(SOMEHOST + STANDALONE_GEOSTORE_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(SOMEHOST_PATH_QUERY_STRING, STANDALONE_GEOSTORE_PATH)).toBe(SOMEHOST + STANDALONE_GEOSTORE_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getAbsoluteURL(SOMEHOST_PATH_QUERY_STRING, EXTERNAL_GEOSTORE)).toBe(EXTERNAL_GEOSTORE);
+    });
+    it('getConfigUrl', () => {
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH + "1", MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH + GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH + "1");
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH + "11", MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH + GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH + "11");
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH + "111", MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH + GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH + "111");
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH + "111?abc=def", MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH + GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH + "111");
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH, MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL + MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH + GEOSTORE_DATA_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getConfigUrl(SOMEHOST_PATH, MS_GEOSTORE_EMBEDDED_PATH)).toBe(null);
+    });
+    it('getApiUrl', () => {
+        expect(ShareUtils.getApiUrl(DEV_URL_MAP_PATH)).toBe(DEV_URL_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getApiUrl(LOCALURL_PATH)).toBe(LOCALURL_PATH);
+        expect(ShareUtils.getApiUrl(LOCALURL_PATH + MAPSTORE_PATH + QUERY_STRING)).toBe(LOCALURL_PATH + MAPSTORE_PATH);
+    });
+});