function initializeArticleReactions() {
  setTimeout(function() {
    if (document.getElementById('article-body')) {
      var articleId = document.getElementById('article-body').dataset.articleId;
      if (document.getElementById('article-reaction-actions')) {
        var ajaxReq;
        var thisButt = this;
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
          ajaxReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } else {
          ajaxReq = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
        }
        ajaxReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
          if (ajaxReq.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
            var json = JSON.parse(ajaxReq.response);
            json.article_reaction_counts.forEach(function(reaction) {
              if (reaction.count > 0) {
                document
                  .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction.category)
                  .classList.add('activated');
                document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction.category).innerHTML = reaction.count;
              }
            });
            json.reactions.forEach(function(reaction) {
              if (
                document.getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction.category)
              ) {
                document
                  .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction.category)
                  .classList.add('user-activated');
              }
            });
          }
        };
        ajaxReq.open('GET', '/reactions?article_id=' + articleId, true);
        ajaxReq.send();
      }
    }
    var reactionButts = document.getElementsByClassName(
      'article-reaction-butt',
    );
    for (var i = 0; i < reactionButts.length; i++) {
      reactionButts[i].onclick = function(e) {
        reactToArticle(articleId, this.dataset.category);
      };
    }
  }, 3);
}

function reactToArticle(articleId, reaction) {
  var userStatus = document
    .getElementsByTagName('body')[0]
    .getAttribute('data-user-status');
  if (userStatus == 'logged-out') {
    showModal('react-to-article');
    return;
  } else {
    document
      .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction)
      .classList.add('user-activated');
  }

  function createFormdata() {
    /*
     * What's not shown here is that "authenticity_token" is included in this formData.
     * The logic can be seen in sendFetch.js.
     */
    var formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('reactable_type', 'Article');
    formData.append('reactable_id', articleId);
    formData.append('category', reaction);
    return formData;
  }

  function successCb(response) {
    var num = document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction).innerHTML;
    if (response.result == 'create') {
      document
        .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction)
        .classList.add('user-activated');
      if (num == '') {
        document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction).innerHTML = '1';
      } else {
        document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction).innerHTML =
          parseInt(num) + 1;
      }
    } else {
      document
        .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction)
        .classList.remove('user-activated');
      if (num == 1) {
        document
          .getElementById('reaction-butt-' + reaction)
          .classList.remove('activated');
        document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction).innerHTML = '';
      } else {
        document.getElementById('reaction-number-' + reaction).innerHTML =
          parseInt(num) - 1;
      }
    }
  }

  getCsrfToken()
    .then(sendFetch('reaction-creation', createFormdata()))
    .then(function(response) {
      if (response.status === 200) {
        return response.json().then(successCb);
      } else {
        // there's currently no errorCb.
      }
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
      // there's currently no error handling.
    });
}