getEmail() returning empty object

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Hi there,
I want to get the currently logged-in user email and insert that in a collection called “exam” for this I have added a module in the backend and calling it from the frontend but it is returning the blank object.

backend code (data.jsw)

export function getEmail () {
return wixUsersBackend . currentUser . getEmail (). then (( result ) => {
console . log ( result )
console . log ( result: ${ result } );
return result ;
})
}

frontend code

import { getEmail } from ‘backend/data.jsw’ ;

let userEmail = getEmail ();

let newQuizTaker = {
‘email’ : userEmail ,
‘attempt’ : 5 ,
‘score’ : 0
}

But it is returning empty objects for the email field

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Please help I am unable to fix this issue

2

You do not —> AWAIT on frontend.

By the way, you do not need to code on backend, to get the email of current logged-in-user.

You can do it also on front-end.

The only advantage of the back-end-version is the higher security i think.

$w.onReady(async ()=>{
	let userEmail = await getEmail();
	let newQuizTaker = {'email' : userEmail, 'attempt': 5, 'score': 0}
});
3

You should better take a look onto this one…
https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-users/user/getemail

…or this one…
https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-users-backend/currentuser

4

Hi there, I tried what you said but can you give me a simple example to define getEmail in backend which return email of user, and in frontend I call that method.

5

This is what you will need at the back-end:

BACK-END:

import wixUsersBackend from 'wix-users-backend';

export function get_userData(){
   let userEmail
   let user = wixUsersBackend.currentUser;
   let userId = user.id; 
   let isLoggedIn = user.loggedIn; 
   return user.getEmail()
   .then(async (email) => {
      userEmail = await email;
      return({"ID": userId, "email": userEmail, "state":isLoggedIn})
   });
}

And this one goes to FRONT-END:

import {get_userData} from 'backend/data.jsw'

$w.onReady(async function() { 
    let userData = await get_userData(); console.log("User-Data: ", userData);
}

Good luck!:wink: