I created this code a few days back. It achieved the desired result of saving information onto my firebase server.
But now the exact same code (which I have not changed) is suddenly not saving information to the server anymore.
Am I missing something? I seem unable to attach a screenshot so here is an explanation.
I have user click a button and when they do it sets a cloud variable called “join”-text:“/userRegMatch/” & component:“ti_authorisedViewer’s text” to “list: app variable targetReg”.
It has definitely worked. And I have definitely changed nothing
It is older than 30 days. But I have just checked and both read and write are set to true.
I’ve been doing a little troubleshooting: if I call the cloud variable simply “userRegMatch” and set it to component “ti_authorisedViewer” then it does save this. It even saves it in a list if I ask it to. But it will not allow me to use the join text component to create a subfolder called “ti_authorisedViewer”.
What I want is to be able to create a folder called “userRegMatch” with a child folder underneath titled whatever is put into component “ti_authorisedViewer”. Then “ti_authorisedViewer” becomes the parent folder to a list of registration numbers.
I should mention that there is another variable where I am trying the exact same thing with another folder path and it works fine.
It sounds like there might be a typo or unexpected variable value that is causing this then. Can you post a screenshot of the blocks that work to join a path and a screenshot of the blocks that do not work to join a path?
I can do. However, I have done a little more troubleshooting: I tried setting a local app variable called “testReg” to the text input component and then displaying a label with text from that variable. It was returning the word “Label” as though I had not entered anything into the text input when of course I had.
I am leaning heavily toward the fact that something is going wrong between getting test from text input and inserting it into server. Although the top variable gets the correct text so I don’t know.
Ok done a little more fiddling and it seems something is happening with the @ symbol. Can I not use @ symbols in a folder path maybe?
Ok after a lot of digging and searching around I can confirm that Thunkable (or possibly the firebase database) does not like the @ symbol to be used. My limited understanding of technology tells me that this symbol means something that I do not intend it to mean and so the system treats it differently. Whatever the case, when I have removed the @ symbol and used UID instead the variable is acting how I want it to. Now I need to find a way to get the UID of whatever email address is entered into the text input.
Ok I have figured out a way round all of this.
I think it’s firebase that doesn’t like the @ symbol. In my text input I was identifying authorised viewers by their email address which obviously contains an @ symbol. This can be used in the “value” of the item on the server but not in the “key”.
I think to get UID associated to an email address I would have to implement some long complicated function which is beyond my capabilities and understanding but also I presume opens up more possibilities for security exploitation.
So my fix was to demand from sign up that users choose a username. Their account can not be created without one. This username is then assigned to their account so whenever they sign in the username is saved into a local variable. If this local variable matches the folder path I have been trying to implement since the beginning then they will be able to see the items I want them to see. But only the items that are registered to that account. Now I need to find a way they can’t just type in a random username after sign up and see someone elses details. But that feels like an easier task than the one I have just had.
