From 5c11ab857e905166932dd806462f0ca4c362240a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tarun Kumar <kumar1998.tarun@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 03:00:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] pills: Add exportable function for creating non-editable
 pills.

---
 static/js/input_pill.js | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 static/js/user_pill.js  |  4 ++-
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/static/js/input_pill.js b/static/js/input_pill.js
index ecafd2fea9..fdf069612f 100644
--- a/static/js/input_pill.js
+++ b/static/js/input_pill.js
@@ -367,6 +367,61 @@ exports.create = function (opts) {
     return prototype;
 };
 
+// Following function is used for creating non-editable pills.
+exports.create_non_editable_pills = function (opts) {
+
+    if (!opts.container) {
+        blueslip.error('Pill needs container.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var store = {
+        pills: [],
+        $parent: opts.container,
+    };
+
+    var funcs = {
+        // This is generally called by typeahead logic, where we have all
+        // the data we need (as opposed to, say, just a user-typed email).
+        appendValidatedData: function (item) {
+            var id = exports.random_id();
+
+            if (!item.display_value) {
+                blueslip.error('no display_value returned');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var payload = {
+                id: id,
+                item: item,
+            };
+
+            store.pills.push(payload);
+
+            var opts = {
+                id: payload.id,
+                display_value: item.display_value,
+                cannot_edit: true,
+            };
+
+            var pill_html = templates.render('input_pill', opts);
+            payload.$element = $(pill_html);
+            store.$parent.append(payload.$element);
+        },
+
+        items: function () {
+            return _.pluck(store.pills, 'item');
+        },
+    };
+
+    var prototype = {
+        appendValidatedData: funcs.appendValidatedData.bind(funcs),
+        items: funcs.items,
+    };
+
+    return prototype;
+
+};
 return exports;
 
 }());
diff --git a/static/js/user_pill.js b/static/js/user_pill.js
index 7be9b8f8f1..55ae19c9d0 100644
--- a/static/js/user_pill.js
+++ b/static/js/user_pill.js
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ exports.append_person = function (opts) {
         user_id: person.user_id,
         email: person.email,
     });
-    pill_widget.clear_text();
+    if (pill_widget.clear_text !== undefined) {
+        pill_widget.clear_text();
+    }
 };
 
 exports.get_user_ids = function (pill_widget) {