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How can i hide private attributes from a collection?
Im creating a site where people can post, but there are some attributes like likes that i dont want people to see
TL;DR
There is an option to use `Query.select(attribute)` to choose specific attributes, but this may not fully prevent access to private attributes. Alternatively, you can create a cloud function that fetches the data and returns only the desired attributes. 
You can use Query.select(attribute) to select only the attributes you want, but this doesn't stop anyone from altering the request to get everything. Other than that you can create a cloud function that you call via rest, that does the fetching and returns only exactly what you want
Yeah i checked a video about the functions but i couldnt really get to anywhere with it
What issues are you having?
You should be able to use the starter template to get something put together pretty quickly
TypeScript
import { Client, Users } from 'node-appwrite';
export default async ({ req, res, log, error }) => {
const client = new Client()
.setEndpoint(process.env.APPWRITE_FUNCTION_API_ENDPOINT)
.setProject(process.env.APPWRITE_FUNCTION_PROJECT_ID)
.setKey(process.env.APPWRITE_FUNCTION_API_KEY);
const database = new Databases(client);
const { documents } = await database.listDocuments(DATABASE_ID, COLLECTION_ID);
return res.json({
attribute: documents.attribute,
attribute: documents.attribute,
attribute: documents.attribute
});
};
