2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/web/react/utils/client.jsx b/web/react/utils/client.jsx
index 1b9ad942e..da0b74081 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/client.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/client.jsx
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ module.exports.createChannel = function(channel, success, error) {
     module.exports.track('api', 'api_channels_create', channel.type, 'name', channel.name);
 };
 
-module.exports.createPMChannelIfNotExists = function(channel, userId, success, error) {
+module.exports.createDirectChannel = function(channel, userId, success, error) {
     $.ajax({
         url: '/api/v1/channels/create_direct',
         dataType: 'json',
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ module.exports.createPMChannelIfNotExists = function(channel, userId, success, e
         data: JSON.stringify({user_id: userId}),
         success: success,
         error: function(xhr, status, err) {
-            var e = handleError('createPMIfNotExists', xhr, status, err);
+            var e = handleError('createDirectChannel', xhr, status, err);
             error(e);
         }
     });
diff --git a/web/react/utils/utils.jsx b/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
index 32793809d..f1fd3da67 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/utils.jsx
@@ -964,4 +964,17 @@ module.exports.generateId = function() {
 
 module.exports.isBrowserFirefox = function() {
     return navigator && navigator.userAgent && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') > -1;
-}
+};
+
+// Used to get the id of the other user from a DM channel
+module.exports.getUserIdFromChannelName = function(channel) {
+    var ids = channel.name.split('__');
+    var otherUserId = '';
+    if (ids[0] === UserStore.getCurrentId()) {
+        otherUserId = ids[1];
+    } else {
+        otherUserId = ids[0];
+    }
+
+    return otherUserId;
+};