src/configure.js

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/**
 * Shallow merges the first argument with the second.
 * Retrieves/updates the userid if userFromParams is provided.
 * @param  {Object} config    Current configuration object to be merged into.
 * @param  {Object} newConfig Configuration object to merge into the current config.
 */
export function configure(config, newConfig) {
  Object.keys(newConfig).forEach(function(option) {
    if (option === 'userFromParams') {
      var userId = getUserIdFromParams(newConfig[option]);
      if (userId) {
        config.userId = userId;
      }
    }
    config[option] = newConfig[option];
  });
}

/**
 * Attempts to extract the userid from the query parameters of the URL.
 * @param  {string} param The name of the query parameter containing the userid.
 * @return {string|null}       The extracted/decoded userid, or null if none is found.
 */
export function getUserIdFromParams(param) {
  var userField = param;
  var regex = new RegExp('[?&]' + userField + '(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)');
  var results = window.location.href.match(regex);

  if (results && results[2]) {
    return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
  } else {
    return null;
  }
}