Added helper methods to send ephemeral messages to specific users

web/react/dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Constants from '../utils/constants.jsx';
 const ActionTypes = Constants.ActionTypes;
 import * as AsyncClient from '../utils/async_client.jsx';
 import * as Client from '../utils/client.jsx';
+import * as Utils from '../utils/utils.jsx';
 
 export function emitChannelClickEvent(channel) {
     AsyncClient.getChannels(true);
@@ -187,3 +188,20 @@ export function emitRemovePost(post) {
         post
     });
 }
+
+export function sendEphemeralPost(message, channelId) {
+    const timestamp = Utils.getTimestamp();
+    const post = {
+        id: Utils.generateId(),
+        user_id: '0',
+        channel_id: channelId || ChannelStore.getCurrentId(),
+        message,
+        type: Constants.POST_TYPE_EPHEMERAL,
+        create_at: timestamp,
+        update_at: timestamp,
+        filenames: [],
+        props: {}
+    };
+
+    emitPostRecievedEvent(post);
+}

web/react/stores/socket_store.jsx

@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ function handleNewPostEvent(msg, translations) {
             mentions = JSON.parse(msg.props.mentions);
         }
 
-        const channelType = msgProps.channel_type;
         const channel = ChannelStore.get(msg.channel_id);
         const user = UserStore.getCurrentUser();
         const member = ChannelStore.getMember(msg.channel_id);
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ function handleNewPostEvent(msg, translations) {
 
         if (notifyLevel === 'none') {
             return;
-        } else if (notifyLevel === 'mention' && mentions.indexOf(user.id) === -1 && channelType !== Constants.DM_CHANNEL) {
+        } else if (notifyLevel === 'mention' && mentions.indexOf(user.id) === -1 && channel.type !== Constants.DM_CHANNEL) {
             return;
         }