def wootric_url(route):
    """helper to build a full wootric API route, handling leading '/'

    >>> wootric_url('v1/responses')
    ''https://api.wootric.com/v1/responses'
    >>> wootric_url('/v1/responses')
    ''https://api.wootric.com/v1/responses'
    """
    route = route.lstrip('/')
    return f'https://api.wootric.com/{route}'
