--- a/src/lib/Shared.luan	Tue Jun 21 21:39:27 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/lib/Shared.luan	Thu Jun 23 23:05:28 2022 -0600
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 local Luan = require "luan:Luan.luan"
 local error = Luan.error
 local Http = require "luan:http/Http.luan"
+local Io = require "luan:Io.luan"
+local uri = Io.uri or error()
+local Parsers = require "luan:Parsers.luan"
+local json_parse = Parsers.json_parse or error()
 local Forum = require "site:/lib/Forum.luan"
+local forum_title = Forum.title or error()
+local mailer_url = Forum.mailer_url or error()
 local User = require "site:/lib/User.luan"
 local Logging = require "luan:logging/Logging.luan"
 local logger = Logging.logger "Shared"
@@ -22,7 +28,7 @@
 	local user = User.current()
 %>
 		<div header>
-			<a href="/"><%=Forum.title%></a>
+			<a href="/"><%=forum_title%></a>
 <%	if user == nil then %>
 			<a href="/login.html">login</a>
 <%	else %>
@@ -52,4 +58,13 @@
 	return Http.request.scheme.."://"..Http.request.headers["host"]
 end
 
+function Shared.call_mail_api(cmd,parameters)
+	local url = mailer_url.."/api/"..cmd..".json"
+	local options = {
+		parameters = parameters
+	}
+	local response = uri(url,options).read_text()
+	return json_parse(response)
+end
+
 return Shared