Invalid UserId in react

[fossil vortex]

I have created a blog website in REACT. When I try to post, sometimes an error is shown.

          try{
            return await this.databases.createDocument(
                conf.appwriteDatabaseId,
                conf.appwriteCollectionId,
                slug,
                {
                    title,
                    content,
                    featuredImage,
                    status,
                    userId,
                }
            )
          }
          catch(error){
            console.log("Appwrite serive :: createPost :: error", error);
          }
    }```

@raven cosmos @gray pagoda

@polar python

[polar python]

Please, avoid pinging core members if it's not necessarily 😅

[fossil vortex]

okay

[polar python]

Looks like userId is required, but you're not specifying it?

[polar python]

Also, do you can see the data being saved in the console at all?
I think that it doesn't have a proper structure (Json-like)

[fossil vortex]

It's not that it never happens, sometimes it gets posted

[polar python]

Hmm then maybe you're not specifying the user ID?
Anyways, I recommend doing that in a function to prevent manipulation

[fossil vortex]

How to specify the user ID

?

[polar python]

You have here an userId attribute

[fossil vortex]

yup

[fossil vortex]

i am so frustrated

It is not getting solved

[torn plaza]

see

use ID.unique

const newAccount = await account.create(
ID.unique(),
user.email,
user.password,
user.name
);

like this

[deep mulch]

you are using account api, OP is using this.databases.createDocument, totally unrelated.

[deep mulch]

make sure that the value of userId is valid. do a console.log before firing the api.

[torn plaza]

const newUser = await databases.createDocument(
appwriteConfig.databaseId,
appwriteConfig.userCollectionId,
ID.unique(),
user
);
is this the code for it?

yep this is for saving in the database or collection that is for storing in the users

[fossil vortex]

@torn plaza

[torn plaza]

sorry ig i understood it wrong then! sorry guys!

[fossil vortex]

?

[fossil vortex]

userId in createPost: 66e07400002d6bb9e23e , i have console.log user id which is valid but some times show user id is undefined

[deep mulch]

if its undefined, you know the id isn't valid. in that case the value is obviously not accepted by the sdk/backend.

[fossil vortex]

then what should i do now?

suggest me solution

@deep mulch

[deep mulch]

how are you passing the userId, whats the value of it? current signed in user's id?

[fossil vortex]

yup id is currently signed user , Whichever user logs in, I store it in the state of Redux

[deep mulch]

the id might've been reset, override or something, how are you adding it? assuming await account.get() then getting $id?

why not do an on demand account.get() and fetch id?

[fossil vortex]

async getCurrentUser(){
try{
return await this.account.get();
}
catch(err){
return null;
// console.log("Appwrite service::getCurrentUser::error",err );
}
return null;
}

 const userData = useSelector(state => state.auth.userData);



if (file) {
    
        const fileId = file.$id
        data.featuredImage = fileId
        const dbPost = await appwriteService.createPost({
          ...data,
          userId: userData?.$id,
        })``` in postform when i post form

[deep mulch]

yeah. there could be a chance why this might be null, network issues, auth issues, etc. this is something client side, you might need to figure how to either get the id or move along with invalid id and not allow doc operations.
this isn't really an appwrite related issue.

[fossil vortex]

Now I have removed return null but still the same error is being shown and I had installed this because after logging out, another error of appwrite comes 'getCurrentUser missing scope 401'

[deep mulch]

if you logout, account.get() will throw an error.

[fossil vortex]

yup or the userid error still same

[fossil vortex]

to avoid this error i had used return null in catch block