Custom user data as array?

minhngocnguyenduy

I want to add children's data to the user, but I don't need the child's email, etc.

I need only the child's name, date of birth, and the UUID which should be generated automatically, so I choose to use the custom user data.

But a user can have many children and the FusionAuth custom user data does not allow me to create an array object

How could I achieve this with FusionAuth?

maciej.wisniowski

@minhngocnguyenduy maybe using lambdas can help?

dan

@maciej-wisniowski You should be able to create an array object.

Here's a data object which should work:

data: {
  children: [ {
    "name": "foo"
     "value": "bar"
  } ],
}

Can you please print out the JSON of the object you are trying to store in the user.data field and share it?

minhngocnguyenduy

@dan When I create children by array like this

userChildren = [{id: 'id', name: 'name', dateOfBirth: '2010-01-01'}]
await axios.patch(
        `${config.iamHost}/api/user/${session.userId as string}`,
        {
          user: {
            email: session.user!.email!,
            data: {
              children: userChildren,
            },
          },
        },
        {
          headers: {
            "X-FusionAuth-TenantId": config.iamTenantId,
            Authorization: config.iamApiKey,
          },
        }
      );

The code above did change the user custom data to

children.id id
children.name name
etc

I think because I didn't put the properties in the double quote as you did.

So I have found a workaround, which is parsing it as a JSON string and later parsing it back.

data: {
   children: JSON.stringify(userChildren),
},

dan

@minhngocnguyenduy Glad you found a solution!