Kushl121Original post
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import { Client, Databases, ID } from "appwrite";
const client = new Client()
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
.setProject('<PROJECT_ID>');
const databases = new Databases(client);
const id = Date.now(); //this does not work, error recieved is shown after code ends
const promise = databases.createDocument(
'[DATABASE_ID]',
'[COLLECTION_ID]',
id,
data
);
promise.then(function (response) {
console.log(response);
}, function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
error: AppwriteException: Invalid documentId param: 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 char
But the same method works in upload file:
import { Client, Storage } from "appwrite";
const client = new Client();
const storage = new Storage(client);
client
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // Your API Endpoint
.setProject('5df5acd0d48c2') // Your project ID
;
const id = Date.now() //this works and file is created
const promise = storage.createFile('[BUCKET_ID]', id, document.getElementById('uploader').files[0]);
promise.then(function (response) {
console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
console.log(error); // Failure
});
Summary
When creating documents with a custom ID in a web app, make sure to convert Date.now() to a string. The document ID should contain at most 36 characters and valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period, hyphen, and underscore. It cannot start with a special character. The error occurs because the ID generated by Date.now() exceeds the character limit. To fix this, convert the ID to a string using Date.now().toString() before passing it to the createDocument function.