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[SOLVED] Invalid userId:

Dec 27, 2023, 21:16

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Devben.techOriginal post

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May 16, 2023, 19:05

Invalid userId: Parameter must contain at most 36 chars. Valid chars are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period, hyphen, and underscore. Can't start with a special character

That's the error am seeing when I tried to sign up using appwrite auth

Summary

The user encountered an error `Invalid userId` when trying to sign up using Appwrite authentication. The solution is to change the order of variables in the `create` function call. The correct order is `account.create(userId, email, password, username)`. The user provided their code snippet as an example. The error occurred because the userId parameter exceeded the character limit or contained invalid characters.

Binyamin

May 16, 2023, 19:08

Can you share the create function code?

Devben.tech

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May 16, 2023, 19:11

This right

mport React, { useState } from "react";
import { account } from "./appwrite";
import "./auth.css"
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';

function Signup() {
const [username, setUsername] = useState("");
const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
const [error, setError] = useState("");

const handleSignup = async (e) => {
e.preventDefault();

try {
  // Validate inputs
  if (!username  !email  !password) {
    setError("Please fill in all fields");
    return;
  }

  // Call the createAccount method from appwrite object

  const randomString = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);

  // Combine username and random string to create user ID
  const userId = `${username.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9.-_]/g, "").toLowerCase()}_${randomString}`
  await account.create(email, password, username, userId);

  // User sign-up successful, perform further actions like redirecting to the main page
  // or updating the application state
  console.log("User signed up successfully");
} catch (error) {
  setError( error.message);
  console.error("Failed to sign up", error);
}

};

Devben.tech

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May 16, 2023, 19:12

import { Client, Account } from 'appwrite';

const appwrite = new Client();
appwrite.setEndpoint('myendpoint');
appwrite.setProject('myid');

const account = new Account(appwrite);

export { appwrite, account };

Binyamin

May 16, 2023, 19:13

Everything seems fine, Just change the variables order in the function to this

JavaScript

      await account.create(userId, email, password, username);

Binyamin

May 16, 2023, 19:13

You can explore it here
https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=web-default#accountCreate

Devben.tech

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May 16, 2023, 19:16

Wow! thank you it's working now

joeyouss

May 16, 2023, 19:29

Can you mark it as solved @Devben.tech ?

Devben.tech

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May 16, 2023, 19:38

How do I do that ?

joeyouss

May 16, 2023, 19:39

I'll do it, np!

joeyouss

May 16, 2023, 19:39

[SOLVED] Invalid userId:

Devben.tech

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May 16, 2023, 19:39

Okayt thanks

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