QuanOriginal post
React Developer
after reading what i could find on sessions (https://appwrite.io/docs/references/cloud/models/session) and account (https://appwrite.io/docs/references/cloud/client-react-native/accountI), i seem to understand that:
- $id is the session id
- the userId is the user id...
however, when i run account.get() i seem to get the session id for both of those. there are no id's that match in my database atleast,
i have it setup like this:
JavaScript
client .setEndpoint(config.endpoint) .setProject(config.projectId) .setPlatform(config.platform);
const account = new Account(client);
export async function getCurrentUser() { try { const user = await account.get(); console.log('Current user fetched:', user); return user; } catch (error) { console.log('No active session:', error); return null; }}this returns something like this:
Bash
Current user: {"$createdAt": "2025-03-18T07:10:17.842+00:00", "$id": "[redacted]dc362c", "$updatedAt": "2025-03-19T07:14:11.225+00:00", "accessedAt": "2025-03-19T07:14:11.220+00:00", "email": "quan@example.com", "emailVerification": true, "labels": ["admin"], "mfa": false, "name": "quan", "passwordUpdate": "2025-03-18T07:10:17.839+00:00", "phone": "", "phoneVerification": false, "prefs": {}, "registration": "2025-03-18T07:10:17.839+00:00", "status": true, "targets": [{"$createdAt": "2025-03-18T07:10:17.896+00:00", "$id": "[redacted]5ebed2", "$updatedAt": "2025-03-18T07:10:17.896+00:00", "expired": false, "identifier": "junker@example.com", "name": "", "providerId": null, "providerType": "email", "userId": "[redacted]dc362c"}]}the user id that i can see in the database (or collection) is "[redacted]2eefbb"
am i understanding the documentation wrong? am i reading the returned data wrong perhaps? i dont quite understand what is at work here, as it seem other users on the internet are just getting their id'd like they want.
any help is appreciated
Summary
Developers are experiencing an issue where `account.get()` is returning a session id instead of the user id. The user id retrieved from the document does not match the one from the authentication. The problem lies in misunderstanding the returned data.
Solution: When using `account.get()`, the session id is returned as `$id`, while the user id can be found in one of the objects inside the `targets` array. Developers should look for the user id under the `userId` key within the `targets` object.