diff -r 000000000000 -r 5f4fcbc80b37 clientjs/packages/dashboard-components/src/actions.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/clientjs/packages/dashboard-components/src/actions.js	Fri Sep 14 17:57:34 2018 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* eslint-disable func-names */
+import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+
+import { getTerms, toBase64 } from './utils';
+
+
+export const REQUEST_ANNOTATIONS = 'REQUEST_ANNOTATIONS';
+export function requestAnnotations(url) {
+  return {
+    type: REQUEST_ANNOTATIONS,
+    url,
+  };
+}
+
+export const RECEIVE_ANNOTATIONS = 'RECEIVE_ANNOTATIONS';
+export function receiveAnnotations(url, annotations, terms) {
+  return {
+    type: RECEIVE_ANNOTATIONS,
+    url,
+    annotations,
+    terms,
+    receivedAt: Date.now(),
+  };
+}
+
+export const RECEIVE_MESSAGES_COUNT = 'RECEIVE_MESSAGES_COUNT';
+export function receiveMessagesCount(url, terms, terms64, messagesCount) {
+  return {
+    type: RECEIVE_MESSAGES_COUNT,
+    terms,
+    terms64,
+    messagesCount,
+  };
+}
+
+export const REQUEST_MESSAGES_COUNT = 'REQUEST_MESSAGES_COUNT';
+export function requestMessagesCount(url, terms, terms64) {
+  return {
+    type: REQUEST_MESSAGES_COUNT,
+    url,
+    terms,
+    terms64,
+  };
+}
+
+export const FETCH_MESSAGES_COUNT = 'FETCH_MESSAGES_COUNT';
+export function fetchMessagesCount(terms, discussionUrl) {
+  const url = `${discussionUrl}count`;
+  const terms64 = _.map(terms, toBase64);
+
+  return function (dispatch) {
+    dispatch(requestMessagesCount(url, terms, terms64));
+
+    if (!discussionUrl) {
+      return dispatch(receiveMessagesCount(url, terms, terms64, {}));
+    }
+
+    return fetch(url, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify(terms64),
+    })
+      .then(
+        response => response.json(),
+        error => console.log('An error occured.', error), // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      )
+      .then(
+        json => dispatch(receiveMessagesCount(url, terms, terms64, json)),
+      );
+  };
+}
+
+export const FETCH_ANNOTATIONS = 'FETCH_ANNOTATIONS';
+export function fetchAnnotations(url, discussionUrl) {
+  return function (dispatch) {
+    dispatch(requestAnnotations(url));
+
+    return fetch(url)
+      .then(
+        response => response.json(),
+        error => console.log('An error occured.', error), // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      )
+      .then((json) => {
+        const annotations = json.rows;
+        const terms = getTerms(annotations);
+
+        dispatch(fetchMessagesCount(Object.keys(terms), discussionUrl));
+        dispatch(receiveAnnotations(url, annotations, terms));
+      });
+  };
+}