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+// Escapes username from HTML generated by the Community Console.
+export function escapeUsername(username) {
+  var quoteRegex = /"/g;
+  var commentRegex = /<!---->/g;
+  return username.replace(quoteRegex, '\\"').replace(commentRegex, '');
+}
+
+// Retrieves authuser from the data-startup attribute.
+export function getAuthUser() {
+  var startup =
+      JSON.parse(document.querySelector('html').getAttribute('data-startup'));
+  return startup?.[2]?.[1] || '0';
+}