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Appwrite Custom ID

Dec 27, 2023, 21:18

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hamedOriginal post

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May 11, 2023, 20:42

Hey there, out of curiosity, what is the difference between passing ID.custom(id) to a document ID instead of a custom string variable? I mean, if I'm going to call this function and pass my custom ID to it, couldn't I just pass my custom ID directly? It doesn't make any sense to me

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The user is asking about the difference between using ID.custom(id) and a custom string variable as the document ID in an app called Appwrite. They believe that using ID.custom(id) doesn't make sense and that they could simply pass their custom ID directly. The solution is to explain that ID.custom(id) is used to explicitly indicate that the ID being passed is a custom ID, while using a custom string variable may not be as clear.

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 20:43

Yoy mean when creating document

hamed

Rank 3: Container

May 11, 2023, 20:43

Yes,

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 20:44

👍

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 20:44

And you mean
ID.unique()
Function?

hamed

Rank 3: Container

May 11, 2023, 20:45

No, just 'ID.custom(id)'

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 20:45

Can you share the code?

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 20:47

Why are you using the ID.custom

hamed

Rank 3: Container

May 11, 2023, 20:50

const String documentID = 'mycustomID';

      await ApiConst.databases.createDocument(
        databaseId: ApiConst.databaseID,
        collectionId: collectionsIDs[type]!,
        documentId: ID.custom(documentID),
        permissions: permissions,
        data: data,
      );

hamed

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May 11, 2023, 20:50

const String documentID = 'mycustomID';

      await ApiConst.databases.createDocument(
        databaseId: ApiConst.databaseID,
        collectionId: collectionsIDs[type]!,
        documentId: documentID,
        permissions: permissions,
        data: data,
      );

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 21:01

From you can see from the code it doesn't make any different and both ways will work the same

You can see here
https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-flutter/blob/master/lib/id.dart#L10

hamed

Rank 3: Container

May 11, 2023, 21:02

Sometimes I need to assign the same ID to multiple documents stored in different collections (belonging to a particular user). This helps me retrieve these documents easily when needed without having to create any indexes

hamed

Rank 3: Container

May 11, 2023, 21:04

Okay,

Binyamin

May 11, 2023, 21:09

You can just send any string as the id

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