Make a dynamic page only allow author to view it

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I have a Members Page that contains a Table which displays the items listed in a Collection. On this page, I set the Filter in the Dataset to “Owner Is Logged In User” and it works for retrieving the appropriate filtered data by the person that originally created it and loading this data into the table. Then, When the user/creator clicks on a row he/she is taken to the Dynamic Page which displays the Item that they created . Once on this dynamic page the owner/creator can edit this items listing.
However, when using a Dynamic Page, we are not given the ability to use the Filter By “Owner Is Logged In User” option in the Dataset. Unfortunately, Any other member can copy this URL and see this info and edit it. I need to be able to redirect or hide the content on this dynamic page if someone other than the Author is trying to view it.
I am trying to find some code to make this happen. Something like :

If Users.currentUser.id = owner (or something)
with a “then” or “else” added to implement some other action of redirect or hiding capability

I’ve been looking for 2 days now how to make this work and i have nothing. I have been coding for almost 15 years in ASP.NET , Visual Basic, ADO, SQL, and more, but i just can’t seem to find your appropriate code or method for this.

Thank you in advance for anyone who is taking time to read this and potentially help.

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Here is one solution for you.

import wixUsers from 'wix-users';
import wixLocation from 'wix-location';
let user = wixUsers.currentUser;
let userId = user.id;
let dynamicItem = $w("#dynamicDataset").getCurrentItem();
if (dynamicItem._owner === userId) {
  // Do nothing, show the page
} else {
  // Not the owner redirect to error page
  wixLocation.to("/your-error-page-url");
}

If it was what you where looking for please mark this as top comment which will make it easier for other users to find the correct answer.

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Is there a way to run this prior to page load? Thank you for this awesome code. I am having trouble with it executing in time though. In order for me to get this code to work i have to paste this part of the code listed below into the .onReady section. When i test this on the live site, i first log in with a user that didn’t create the listing and shouldn’t have permission to view it. Then i copy a url link to this dynamic page item that a different user created into my browser. Obviously this page code should redirect that user, but the page displays and shows all the info on the page for a full 7 seconds before the user is redirected. It actually stays up so long that i can even start editing the page info before the redirect occurs. I tried pasting your code in the top area above the .onReady section but then the code doesn’t work at all. Any ideas? Is there a way to run this prior to page load?

let user = wixUsers.currentUser;
let userId = user.id;
let dynamicItem = $w(“#dynamicDataset”).getCurrentItem();
if (dynamicItem._owner === userId) {
// Do nothing, show the page

} else {
// Not the owner redirect to error page
wixLocation.to(“/home”);
}

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andreas kviby Do you know how to make this code function prior to the page loading? The page loads and shows all the info and then this code works after 7 seconds.

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Did you find a workaround to this issue?