Create user preferences at registering phase

I want to save the preferences of my users during the signup phase, like this:

TypeScript

  email: 'user@example.com',
  password: 'password',
  data: {'userType': 'doctor'}, // other is patient
);

but account.create does not have the data property. I have two different users, how can I separate them when signing up or?

TL;DR

Developers are discussing how to save user preferences during the signup phase. They suggest using the server SDK to create a function that handles the user creation process and updates preferences. The function can be called using a function URL on the client side. An example code snippet is provided for reference. There is no specific solution mentioned in the thread, but the developers provide guidance on implementing the desired functionality.

Hi @Hz.Bootlegger ,

you can handle such situation like this:

TypeScript

await account.create(
  email: 'user@example.com',
  password: 'password',
).then((response) async {
  //! TODO: you will need to login the user.
  //! before running `updatePrefs`.
  await account.updatePrefs(
    prefs: {'userType': 'doctor'},
  );
  return response;
}).then((response) {
  /// do whatever you want todo with `response` returned from `account.create` here
});

that's how you can handle it on client side.

or you can create function using Server SDK that can handles user creation process including updating prefs for that user. and you can call that function using function URL on client side to create user instead of using account.create from Appwrite SDK.

do you mean I'd open a session in between codebase but dont lead user to homepage as really logged in then update their pref and log out?

like fake session

yeah you can do it that way if you don't want to use function or server sdk, but I think that's not good way to approch it, you should use function approch instead.