Get User Information

In the Amity SDK, a user is represented by an AmityUser object, which contains the user's unique userId and displayName. The userId is an immutable value that is assigned to a user when their account is created, and cannot be changed afterwards. This value serves as a unique identifier for the user within the SDK, and is used to perform actions such as sending messages or creating connections between users.

To retrieve an AmityUser object for a specific userId, you can use the getUser method provided by the UserRepository. This method accepts the userId as a parameter and returns a Live Object of AmityUser. The live object allows developers to observe changes to the user's properties in real-time, ensuring that their app remains up-to-date with the latest user information.

Follow the below code to retrieve a user object:

import { UserRepository } from '@amityco/js-sdk';

const liveObject = UserRepository.getUser('userId');
liveObject.on('dataUpdated', user => {
  // user is successfully fetched
});

Get Single User

The User Repository provides a method to get a single user. It returns a LiveObject which you can observe.

userRepo.userForId('user123')

You can also use the code below to get one user:

let liveUser = UserRepository.getUser("some-user-id")
userObject.on(“dataUpdated”, model => {
   // you can access user object as model here
  console.log(model.userId, model.displayName)
})

Get All Users

The User Repository provides a method to get a list of all users, which will be returned as a LiveCollection:

userRepo.getAllUsers()

This method takes an optional sortBy parameter which must be a UserSortingMethod - these include displayName, firstCreated, and lastCreated:

import { UserSortingMethod } from '@amityco/js-sdk'

userRepo.getAllUsers(UserSortingMethod.DisplayName)

To retrieve multiple users, you can use getUserByIds method provided by UserRepository. This method accepts a collection of userId as a parameter and returns a Live Collection ofAmityUser.

The functionality isn't currently supported by this SDK.

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