public function getNotificationCountAction()
 {
     $request = $_GET;
     $token = isset($request['TOKEN']) ? trim($request['TOKEN']) : null;
     if (!$token) {
         return ['STATUS_CODE' => STATUS_CODE_BAD_REQUEST, 'DATA' => buckys_api_get_error_result('Api token should not be blank')];
     }
     if (!($userID = BuckysUsersToken::checkTokenValidity($token, "api"))) {
         return ['STATUS_CODE' => STATUS_CODE_UNAUTHORIZED, 'DATA' => buckys_api_get_error_result('Api token is not valid.')];
     }
     $newMessageCount = BuckysMessage::getNumOfNewMessages($userID);
     $newNotificationCount = BuckysActivity::getNumberOfNotifications($userID);
     $friendRequestCount = BuckysFriend::getNumberOfReceivedRequests($userID);
     $results = [];
     $results['new_message'] = $newMessageCount;
     $results['new_notification'] = $newNotificationCount;
     $results['friend_request'] = $friendRequestCount;
     return ['STATUS_CODE' => STATUS_CODE_OK, 'DATA' => ["STATUS" => "SUCCESS", "RESULT" => $results]];
 }
}
//Getting Current User ID if $userID is not set
if (!isset($userID)) {
    $userID = buckys_is_logged_in();
}
//If the user is logged in, show account links
if ($userID) {
    ?>
    <aside id="main_aside">
        <span class="titles">My Account</span>

        <a href="/account.php" class="accountSubLinks" style="margin-top:10px;">Stream</a><br/>

        <h6>Messages</h6>
        <?php 
    $newMsgNum = BuckysMessage::getNumOfNewMessages($userID);
    ?>
        <a href="/messages_inbox.php"
            class="accountSubLinks<?php 
    echo $newMsgNum > 0 ? 'Bold' : '';
    ?>
">Inbox<?php 
    echo $newMsgNum > 0 ? ' (' . $newMsgNum . ')' : '';
    ?>
</a><br/>
        <a href="/messages_sent.php" class="accountSubLinks">Sent</a> <br/> <a href="/messages_trash.php"
            class="accountSubLinks">Trash</a> <br/> <a href="/messages_compose.php" class="accountSubLinks">Compose</a>
        <br/>

        <h6>Pictures</h6>
        <a href="/photo_add.php" class="accountSubLinks">Add Photo</a> <br/> <a href="/photo_albums.php"