website/web/static/js/likes.js

// Like button handler.
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    const red = "has-text-danger";
    let busy = false;

    // Bind to the like buttons.
    (document.querySelectorAll(".nonshy-like-button") || []).forEach(node => {
        node.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
            e.preventDefault();
            if (busy) return;

            let $icon = node.querySelector(".icon"),
                $label = node.querySelector(".nonshy-likes"),
                tableName = node.dataset.tableName,
                tableID = node.dataset.tableId,
                liking = false;

            // Toggle the color of the heart.
            if ($icon.classList.contains(red)) {
                $icon.classList.remove(red);
            } else {
                liking = true;
                $icon.classList.add(red);
            }

            // Ajax request to backend.
            busy = true;
            return fetch("/v1/likes", {
                method: "POST",
                mode: "same-origin",
                cache: "no-cache",
                credentials: "same-origin",
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
                },
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    "name": tableName, // TODO
                    "id": ""+tableID,
                    "unlike": !liking,
                    "page": window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash,
                }),
            })
            .then((response) => response.json())
            .then((data) => {
                if (data.StatusCode !== 200) {
                    window.alert(data.data.error);
                    return;
                }

                let likes = data.data.likes;
                if (likes === 0) {
                    $label.innerHTML = "Like";
                } else {
                    $label.innerHTML = `Like (${likes})`;
                }
            }).catch(resp => {
                window.alert(resp);
            }).finally(() => {
                busy = false;
            })
        });
    });
});