diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/shared.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/shared.ts
index 8c0a1e4cf8..2021e4eb85 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/shared.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/shared.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ export const datasetsUrlRoot = `${ApiRoot}/datasets`;
  * @return {string} the dataset url
  */
 export const datasetUrlById = (id: number): string => `${datasetsUrlRoot}/${id}`;
+
+/**
+ * Constructs a url to get a dataset id given a dataset urn
+ * @param {string} urn
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export const datasetIdTranslationUrlByUrn = (urn: string): string => {
+  return `${datasetsUrlRoot}/idfromurn/${encodeURIComponent(urn)}`;
+};