diff --git a/components/helpers.js b/components/helpers.js
index 1da5443..b354da5 100644
--- a/components/helpers.js
+++ b/components/helpers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const EResult = require('../resources/EResult.js');
+const request = require('request');
+const xml2js  = require('xml2js');
 
 exports.isSteamID = function(input) {
 	var keys = Object.keys(input);
@@ -54,3 +56,41 @@ exports.eresultError = function(eresult) {
 	err.eresult = eresult;
 	return err;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a Steam profile URL to get steamID64 and vanityURL
+ * @param {String} url - Full steamcommunity profile URL or only the vanity part.
+ * @param {Object} callback - First argument is null/Error, second is object containing vanityURL (String) and steamID (String)
+ */
+exports.resolveVanityURL = function(url, callback) {
+	// Precede url param if only the vanity was provided
+	if (!url.includes("steamcommunity.com")) {
+		url = "https://steamcommunity.com/id/" + url;
+	}
+
+	// Make request to get XML data
+	request(url + "/?xml=1", function(err, response, body) {
+		if (err) {
+			callback(err);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Parse XML data returned from Steam into an object
+		new xml2js.Parser().parseString(body, (err, parsed) => {
+			if (err) {
+				callback(new Error("Couldn't parse XML response"));
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (parsed.response && parsed.response.error) {
+				callback(new Error("Couldn't find Steam ID"));
+				return;
+			}
+
+			let steamID64 = parsed.profile.steamID64;
+			let vanityURL = parsed.profile.customURL;
+
+			callback(null, {"vanityURL": vanityURL, "steamID": steamID64});
+		});
+	});
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/inventoryhistory.js b/components/inventoryhistory.js
index fd7c522..961d9c1 100644
--- a/components/inventoryhistory.js
+++ b/components/inventoryhistory.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var SteamCommunity = require('../index.js');
 var CEconItem = require('../classes/CEconItem.js');
+var Helpers = require('./helpers.js');
 var SteamID = require('steamid');
 var request = require('request');
 var Cheerio = require('cheerio');
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ SteamCommunity.prototype.getInventoryHistory = function(options, callback) {
 		}
 
 		if (options.resolveVanityURLs) {
-			Async.map(vanityURLs, resolveVanityURL, function(err, results) {
+			Async.map(vanityURLs, Helpers.resolveVanityURL, function(err, results) {
 				if (err) {
 					callback(err);
 					return;
@@ -170,19 +171,3 @@ SteamCommunity.prototype.getInventoryHistory = function(options, callback) {
 	}, "steamcommunity");
 };
 
-function resolveVanityURL(vanityURL, callback) {
-	request("https://steamcommunity.com/id/" + vanityURL + "/?xml=1", function(err, response, body) {
-		if (err) {
-			callback(err);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		var match = body.match(/<steamID64>(\d+)<\/steamID64>/);
-		if (!match || !match[1]) {
-			callback(new Error("Couldn't find Steam ID"));
-			return;
-		}
-
-		callback(null, {"vanityURL": vanityURL, "steamID": match[1]});
-	});
-}