Changed direct channels in the sidebar to be displayed based on user preferences

web/react/utils/async_client.jsx

@@ -637,3 +637,32 @@ export function getMyTeam() {
         }
     );
 }
+
+export function getDirectChannels() {
+    if (isCallInProgress('getDirectChannels')) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    callTracker.getDirectChannels = utils.getTimestamp();
+    client.getPreferencesByName(
+        'direct_channels',
+        'show_hide',
+        (data, textStatus, xhr) => {
+            callTracker.getDirectChannels = 0;
+
+            if (xhr.status === 304 || !data) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
+                type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_PREFERENCES,
+                preferences: data
+            });
+        },
+        (err) => {
+            callTracker.getDirectChannels = 0;
+            dispatchError(err, 'getDirectChannels');
+        }
+    );
+}
+

web/react/utils/client.jsx

@@ -1141,3 +1141,17 @@ export function listIncomingHooks(success, error) {
         }
     });
 }
+
+export function getPreferencesByName(category, name, success, error) {
+    $.ajax({
+        url: `/api/v1/preferences/${category}/${name}`,
+        dataType: 'json',
+        type: 'GET',
+        success,
+        error: (xhr, status, err) => {
+            var e = handleError('getPreferencesByName', xhr, status, err);
+            error(e);
+        }
+    });
+}
+

web/react/utils/constants.jsx

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
         RECIEVED_AUDITS: null,
         RECIEVED_TEAMS: null,
         RECIEVED_STATUSES: null,
+        RECIEVED_PREFERENCES: null,
 
         RECIEVED_MSG: null,