Extract value from observable in typescript

Question

I have user$: Observable<User>; in my AuthService. I hace OrderService too. I want to make request based on User.id (Getting all users orders).

This my function:

getUserOrders() {
    let id;
    this.authService.user$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(data => id = data.uid);
    return this.firestore.collection('orders', ref => ref.where("purchaserId","==", id)).snapshotChanges().pipe(
      map(changes => {
        return changes.map(a => {
          let data = a.payload.doc.data() as Order;
          data.id = a.payload.doc.id;
          return data;
      });
      })
    );
  }

The problem is this line:

let id;
   this.authService.user$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(data => id = data.uid);

Because id stays undefined when return statement is called. So i get error Function Query.where() requires a valid third argument, but it was undefined.

I know working with async pipe is convenient in html. But i think using observable in typescript makes it harder. I think better solution would be to change user$: Observable<User> to user: User.

Gérôme Grignon · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-26 07:48:12Z

1

This part is asynchronous :

this.authService.user$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(data => id = data.uid);

So id isn't initialised yet with data.uid when firestore.collection is called.

You can change getUserOrders to :

return this.authService.user$.pipe(
  take(1),
  switchMap(({uid}) => {
    return return this.firestore.collection('orders', ref => 
      ref.where("purchaserId","==", uid)).snapshotChanges().pipe(
        map(changes => {
          return changes.map(a => {
            let data = a.payload.doc.data() as Order;
            data.id = a.payload.doc.id;
            return data;
          });
        })
      );
    })
  )

After getting the id, it switchs the returned observable to the firestore.collection with the provided id.

answered Aug 26, 2020 at 7:48

Gérôme Grignon

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