How do you set set custom user data? [dexie cloud]

[sarink]

When using dexie cloud with zero-config auth, how do we set the custom data property for the user?

Furthermore, how can you update the TS types to include the properties? The UserLogin type should probably accept a generic

Is any of this possible today? Are users expect to implement their own users table (on top of members and currentUser)?

[dfahlander]

When using dexie cloud with zero-config auth, how do we set the custom data property for the user?

The custom data property can be set using a REST API.

Furthermore, how can you update the TS types to include the properties? The UserLogin type should probably accept a generic

It could well be a generic but as it works now, you need to pick out the data property from currentUser and cast it manually.

Is any of this possible today? Are users expect to implement their own users table (on top of members and currentUser)?

It depends on the use case. The 'members' table were initially thought of as a per-realm user, but the need of a common user table has grown and the plan is to extend it to adapt to the use cases we are seeing. We're open to feedback in this regard.

[sarink]

Hmm, I see.

Building out a rest client to fetch/validate/expire tokens just to make this one call so that a user can update their profile seemed like too much work. I built a second userData table and a custom useCurrentUser hook to put them together

export const useCurrentUser = () => {
  const user = useObservable(db.cloud.currentUser);
  const userId = user?.userId;
  const [data] = useLiveQuery(() => db.userData.toArray()) ?? [];
  if (!userId) return null;
  return { ...user, userId, data };
};

Would have been convenient if there was a built-in way to call db.cloud.currentUser.update(data), or similar, but this seems ok for now