getCurrentUser returns last added user

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1

I am using backendless 4 in a js app for administering company staff. I am seeing what I think is unexpected behaviour, here is short summary:-
Admin of the app logs in: lets say that is me, Mike
Backendless.UserService.login(username, password, remember).then(userLoggedIn, gotError);
As expected the Backendless.UserService.getCurrentUser() will be ‘Mike’
If ‘Mike’ then adds a new user via the app with soemthing like
var newuser = new Backendless.User();
newuser.name = “Fred”;
newuser.email = "Fred@xyz.com"
newuser.password = “password”;
Backendless.UserService.register( user ).then( userRegistered ).catch( gotError );
If I now call Backendless.UserService.getCurrentUser() then this returns the newly added user ‘Fred’.
I had expected that getCurrentUser() would still be the logged in user ‘Mike’ ? Fred is simply added as a new user and not logged in.
Is this expected behaviour or am I misreading the docs or doing something wrong? If I shouldn’t call getCurrentUser() to retrieve the current logged in user ‘Mike’, what backendless call should I make instead?
Many thanks,
Mike

2

Hi Mike

Yes, it’s a bug, we will fix it asap and let you know here when the fix is released.

Regards, Vlad

3

the fix is released in version 4.4.2, please upgrade JS-SDK and let us know if the problem is solved for you.

Thanks,

4

Hi Vlad

Nice, one that has fixed it.

Thanks for your excellent support as normal.

Mike

5

Hi Vlad

I think I have a very similar issue related to the above (hence keeping it on some topic)

Like above, when creating a new user via Backendless.UserService.register( user ) would result in Backendless.UserService.getCurrentUser() returning the newly created user rather than the existing logged in user I think the same thing is happening with Backendless.UserService.update( user )

To expand…
Admin of the app (mike) logs into the app and wishes to change one of the users (lets say Fred)
I call this code,

var updatedUser = new Backendless.User();
updatedUser.objectId = data.objectId; //the objectId of the user we want to update (Fred)
updatedUser.lastname = newlastname; //new properties of Fred
Backendless.UserService.update( updatedUser )
.then( function( updatedUser ) {
}

That all works fine and expected, but after the update if I call Backendless.UserService.getCurrentUser() I get Fred and not Mike

6

Hi Mike

Good catch!
And the problem is also fixed and released in version 4.4.3
please check this out

Regards, Vlad

7

Fab, that works perfectly now :-). Thanks for the quick fix.

Regards, Mike