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+++ b/qiita_pet/static/js/sharing.js
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+function init_sharing(portal) {
+  $('#shares-select').select2({
+    ajax: {
+      url: portal + "/study/sharing/autocomplete/",
+      dataType: 'json',
+      delay: 250,
+      data: function (params) {
+        return {text: params.term};
+      },
+      cache: true
+    },
+    minimumInputLength: 1,
+    formatResult: function (data, term) {
+      return data;
+    }
+  });
+
+  $('#shares-select').on("select2:select", function (e) {
+    update_share({selected: e.params.data.text});
+  });
+
+  $('#shares-select').on("select2:unselect", function (e) {
+    update_share({deselected: e.params.data.text});
+  });
+}
+
+function modify_sharing(id) {
+  $('#shares-select').attr('data-current-id', id);
+  $.get($('#shares-select').attr('data-share-url'), {id: id})
+    .done(function(data) {
+      var users_links = JSON.parse(data);
+      var users = users_links.users;
+      //empty dropdown and repopulate with new study shared values
+      $('#shares-select').html('');
+      for(var i=0;i<users.length;i++) {
+        var shared = new Option(users[i], users[i], true, true);
+        $("#shares-select").append(shared).trigger('change');
+      }
+      $("#shares-select").trigger("change");
+    });
+}
+
+function update_share(params) {
+  share_id = $('#shares-select').attr('data-current-id');
+  data = params || {};
+  data.id = share_id;
+  $.get($('#shares-select').attr('data-share-url'), data)
+    .done(function(data) {
+      users_links = JSON.parse(data);
+      links = users_links.links;
+      $("#shared_html_"+share_id).html(links);
+    });
+}