Create user data for new Firebase auth accounts in Firestore - html

Question

I would like to create user data (name, email, phone number) in Firestore. This should be triggered with on create an authenticated user.
at functions-> src-> index.ts
// Sends email to user after signup
export { welcomeEmail } from './send_email';
// Saves user after signup
export { createUserDoc } from './save_user';
at functions-> src-> save_user.ts
// Firebase Config
import * as functions from "firebase-functions";
import * as firebase from "firebase-admin";
import {MD5} from "crypto-js";
export const createUserDoc = functions.auth.user().onCreate(event => {
const firebaseUser = event.data;
// Use gravatar as default if photoUrl isn't specified in user data
let fileEnding = "jpg";
let photoURL = `https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/${MD5(firebaseUser.email).toString().toLowerCase()}.jpg?s=1024&d=robohash`;
if (firebaseUser.photoURL) {
fileEnding = firebaseUser.photoURL.substr(firebaseUser.photoURL.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
photoURL = firebaseUser.photoURL;
}
const fileName = `users/${firebaseUser.uid}/profile.${fileEnding}`;
const profilePhotoStorageOpts = {
destination: fileName,
metadata: {
contentType: `image/${fileEnding}`
}
};
const user = {
name: firebaseUser.displayName || "No Name",
email: firebaseUser.email,
photoUrl: `gs://${firebase.storage().bucket().name}/${fileName}`
};
return Promise.all([
firebase.storage().bucket().upload(photoURL, profilePhotoStorageOpts),
firebase.firestore().collection("users").doc(firebaseUser.uid).set(user)
]);
});
The goal was, for each created account I would now find a corresponding user document in Firestore and a profile image in the cloud storage.
instead I'm getting:
Property 'data' does not exist on type 'UserRecord'.ts(2339)
'Promise' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the lib compiler option to es2015 or later.ts(2585)
Help would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

As you will see in the documentation for the onCreate method, the first parameter of the handler function is a UserRecord which does not have a data property.
So the first error you get is normal.
In your case, if you want, for example, to get the user's photoURL, you should do event.photoURL (Since event is of type UserRecord). Similarly, you will do event.uid to get the user's uid.
For the second error, you may have a look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/43122423/3371862 or How to resolve 'Build:'Promise' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here.'