Revert "Revert "removes use of URL object""
Revert "Revert "removes use of URL object""

This reverts commit d6b515d3ee0e33461f5153a16858c69a05ba392e.

thorncp/cartodb,UCL-ShippingGroup/cartodb-1,raquel-ucl/cartodb,nyimbi/cartodb,raquel-ucl/cartodb,CartoDB/cartodb,DigitalCoder/cartodb,raquel-ucl/cartodb,splashblot/dronedb,bloomberg/cartodb,raquel-ucl/cartodb,nyimbi/cartodb,nuxcode/cartodb,CartoDB/cartodb,thorncp/cartodb,thorncp/cartodb,bloomberg/cartodb,DigitalCoder/cartodb,UCL-ShippingGroup/cartodb-1,nuxcode/cartodb,splashblot/dronedb,DigitalCoder/cartodb,thorncp/cartodb,CartoDB/cartodb,nuxcode/cartodb,UCL-ShippingGroup/cartodb-1,nyimbi/cartodb,raquel-ucl/cartodb,codeandtheory/cartodb,future-analytics/cartodb,nuxcode/cartodb,UCL-ShippingGroup/cartodb-1,codeandtheory/cartodb,CartoDB/cartodb,thorncp/cartodb,splashblot/dronedb,dbirchak/cartodb,splashblot/dronedb,nuxcode/cartodb,future-analytics/cartodb,future-analytics/cartodb,future-analytics/cartodb,codeandtheory/cartodb,nyimbi/cartodb,bloomberg/cartodb,dbirchak/cartodb,nyimbi/cartodb,bloomberg/cartodb,dbirchak/cartodb,DigitalCoder/cartodb,UCL-ShippingGroup/cartodb-1,splashblot/dronedb,codeandtheory/cartodb,bloomberg/cartodb,codeandtheory/cartodb,dbirchak/cartodb,future-analytics/cartodb,CartoDB/cartodb,dbirchak/cartodb,DigitalCoder/cartodb