How to insert object into Firebase Forge? - AngularFire 0.8.0 - Thinkster - Chapter 7

Question

I am following the Thinkster Ang-News tutorial with the latest version of AngularFire (0.8.0) installed. I've managed to get to part 7 of the tutorial successfully but I am stuck on the part where I need to insert a user object into the Firebase Forge. The code works as follows:

When a new user registers via my HTML form, the "register" function is called and "User.create(authUser, $scope.user.username);" is executed within the "register" function.

// login and registration page
app.controller('AuthCtrl',
  function ($scope, $location, Auth, User) {

if (Auth.signedIn()) {
  $location.path('/');
}

$scope.$on('firebaseSimpleLogin:login', function(){
    $location.path('/');
});

$scope.login = function(){
    Auth.login($scope.user).then(function(){
        $location.path('/');
    }, function (error){
        $scope.error = error.toString();
    });
};

$scope.register = function () {
  Auth.register($scope.user).then(function (authUser) {
    Auth.login($scope.user);//cause creating user auto login
    User.create(authUser, $scope.user.username);
    console.log(authUser);
    $location.path('/');
}, function (error){
    $scope.error = error.toString(); 
  });
};
 });

The "User" service has a function "create" which creates the user object and should store the object information in the Firebase Forge. As you can see below, "users.$save(username)" is called to "$save" the user into the Firebase Forge. However, nothing happens in my Firebase Forge when the $save method is called. I reviewed the latest AngularFire specs, and as you can see in my code comments (//), I tried combining the $asArray(), $asObject() with my "users" variable but that did not work. When I used "users.$add(username);" instead of calling the $save method, my Firebase Forge just added the username without the object's properties.

app.factory('User', function ($firebase, FIREBASE_URL, Auth, $rootScope) {
  var ref = new Firebase(FIREBASE_URL + 'users');

 var users = $firebase(ref);
 //var users = $firebase(ref).$asObject();
  //var users = $firebase(ref).$asArray();

  var User = {
create: function (authUser, username) {
  users[username] = {
    md5_hash: authUser.md5_hash,
    username: username,
    $priority: authUser.uid
  };


    //users.$add(username);

    users.$save(username).then(function () {
        setCurrentUser(username);
    });

}, // end of create fxn

Again, I cannot insert the "users[username]" object into my Firebase Forge with the $save or $add AngularFire methods. I would greatly appreciate any help.

Jon

Answer 1

Right now you're modifying the binding and then calling $save. You have to use $asObject or $asArray to get to the $save method.

In your case though, you don't need to sync any objects—just save one. You can create a new object for the user and use $update on the binding.

app.factory('User', function ($firebase, FIREBASE_URL, Auth, $rootScope) {
  var ref = new Firebase(FIREBASE_URL + 'users');
  var users = $firebase(ref);

  var User = {
    create: function (authUser, username) {

      users.$update(username, {
        md5_hash: authUser.md5_hash,
        username: username,
        priority: authUser.uid
      });

    }, // end of create fxn

Answer 2

Following on the previous answer, I used this $update syntax to set the priority, which appears to work:

users.$update(username, {
    md5_hash : authUser.md5_hash,
    username : username
}).then(function(ref) {
    ref.setPriority(authUser.uid);
});