[SOLVED]How to update Account Preferences with string.

can you do something like getPrefs<Map<String, Object>>()?

TL;DR

The user had a question about updating account preferences with a string. Another user provided a suggested code solution for updating preferences using a map and demonstrated how to add, remove, and update preferences. The user had some clarifying questions and errors with their code, but the solution was not provided in the support thread.

what's the error?

this method returns io.appwrite.Preferences

So? My suggestion would make it return Preferences<Map<String, Object>>

I had one idea and check this

This gives me a new error

I rewrite code as

TypeScript

                                    Map<String, Object> updatedAccountPrefsMap = (Map<String, Object>) updatedAccountPrefs.getData();
                                    account.updatePrefs(
                                            Objects.requireNonNull(updatedAccountPrefsMap.replace("main_info", newProfileBio)),
...```

and catch io.appwrite.exceptions.AppwriteException: Invalid prefs: Value must be a valid object.

newProfileBio is a String

Can I use JSONObject?

There's no need to use Objects.requireNonNull()

what happened when you tried getPrefs<Map<String, Object>>()?

last resort would be to create a new HashMap<String, Object>, add the entries from the existing prefs into it, and then pass it to updatePrefs()

this is false in syntacs

What do you mean?

does getPrefs accept any arguments?

Okay, I've found the time to test it out.

It should be something like this.

TypeScript

// First get the map.
Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) pref.getData();

// You can add new pref
map.put("pref", "value");

// You can delete a pref
map.remove("pref");

// You can update pref.
map.replace("pref", "newValue");

// Then, update it
account.updatePrefs(map,  /*... */);