[Question]: searching by $id.

Hi, I am trying to run a query which used $id of the document but I keep getting an error that $id not found. Do I have to make an index for $id or $id is privately used by appwrite? In the meantime I have added an attribute for my own custom user_id implementation.

What version of Appwrite are you on?

v 1.3.8

Can you show your code?

I am just using a Query:

await this.getDatabase(this.getClient()).listDocuments(environment.api.database_id, collectionId, [
Query.equal('$id',1)]);

Did you try creating an index for it?

no, that is what I am confused about. do I need to create an index or is $id not available to be used outside of appwrite?

I don't think $id is restricted like that. Why not try creating and check it?

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why not use getDocument()? 🧐

for getDocument I need the document id. I am asking whether I can use $id for queries or not as I tried and got an error that $id not found.

I don't understand the difference

This is finding a document with $id == 1.... Which is getDocument(DB, collection, 1)