3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/webapp/utils/async_client.jsx b/webapp/utils/async_client.jsx
index d3f91bb0e..6140fd9e0 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/async_client.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/async_client.jsx
@@ -673,9 +673,9 @@ export function getStatuses() {
     const preferences = PreferenceStore.getCategory(Constants.Preferences.CATEGORY_DIRECT_CHANNEL_SHOW);
 
     const teammateIds = [];
-    for (const preference of preferences) {
-        if (preference.value === 'true') {
-            teammateIds.push(preference.name);
+    for (const [name, value] of preferences) {
+        if (value === 'true') {
+            teammateIds.push(name);
         }
     }
 
@@ -756,6 +756,17 @@ export function getAllPreferences() {
     );
 }
 
+export function savePreference(category, name, value, success, error) {
+    const preference = {
+        user_id: UserStore.getCurrentId(),
+        category,
+        name,
+        value
+    };
+
+    savePreferences([preference], success, error);
+}
+
 export function savePreferences(preferences, success, error) {
     client.savePreferences(
         preferences,
diff --git a/webapp/utils/constants.jsx b/webapp/utils/constants.jsx
index 872bdb8ab..859348c73 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/constants.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/constants.jsx
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ export default {
 
         SHOW_SEARCH: null,
 
+        USER_TYPING: null,
+
         TOGGLE_IMPORT_THEME_MODAL: null,
         TOGGLE_INVITE_MEMBER_MODAL: null,
         TOGGLE_DELETE_POST_MODAL: null,
diff --git a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
index 2e9f2b773..1379455ca 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
@@ -314,7 +314,13 @@ export function getTimestamp() {
 
 // extracts links not styled by Markdown
 export function extractLinks(text) {
-    const links = [];
+    text; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
+    Autolinker; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
+
+    // skip this operation because autolinker is having issues
+    return [];
+
+    /*const links = [];
     let inText = text;
 
     // strip out code blocks
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ export function extractLinks(text) {
         }
     );
 
-    return links;
+    return links;*/
 }
 
 export function escapeRegExp(string) {