I have two functions that trigger onCreate and onUpdate however, the {uid} in onUpdate is returning undefined, whilst onCreate returns the {uid}.

How can I get the {uid} to work for onUpdate?

onUpdate.f.js - {uid} is undefined

exports = module.exports = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{uid}/alerts/{name}') //UID is the User ID value stored in alerts
  .onUpdate(snap => {
    const user = snap.data();
    console.log(user);
    const msg = {
      to: user.email,
      from: '[email protected]',
      templateId: user.template,
      dynamic_template_data: {
        firstName: user.firstName,
        email: user.email,
        id: user.uid
      }
    };
    return sgMail.send(msg).catch(err => console.log(`${user.email} - ${err}`));
  });

onCreate.f.js - {uid} is correct

exports = module.exports = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{uid}/alerts/{name}')
  .onCreate(snap => {
    const user = snap.data();
    console.log(user);
    const msg = {
      to: user.email,
      from: '[email protected]',
      templateId: user.template,
      dynamic_template_data: {
        firstName: user.firstName,
        email: user.email,
        id: user.uid
      }
    };
    return sgMail.send(msg).catch(err => console.log(`${user.email} - ${err}`));
  });

Fields in doc Alerts from frontend

doCreateAlert = (id, email, firstName, lastName, alertType, transactionEmailId) => {
const db = this.firestore;
return db.doc(`users/${id}/alerts/${alertType}`).set({
    uid: id,
    name: alertType,
    email: email,
    firstName: firstName,
    lastName: lastName,
    template: transactionEmailId,
    dateCreated: new Date(),
    dateModified: new Date()
  });
};

The onUpdate is triggered by updating the database with onClick={this.updateAlert} as

updateAlert = () => {
    const { firebase, userID } = this.props;
    const panyTypeSetup = db.doc(`users/${userID}/alerts/emailVerified`);
    panyTypeSetup.update({
      dateModified: new Date()
    });
  };

on the frontend I receive the error of

Uncaught (in promise) Error: No document to update: projects/app/databases/(default)/documents/users/undefined/alerts/emailVerified

and the function is never run. If I manually update the doc in Firestore, I get an error in the firebase functions log as

TypeError: snap.data is not a function
at module.exports.functions.firestore.document.onUpdate.snap (/user_code/lib/auth/onUpdate.f.js:17:23)
at cloudFunctionNewSignature (/user_code/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/cloud-functions.js:105:23)
at cloudFunction (/user_code/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/cloud-functions.js:135:20)
at /var/tmp/worker/worker.js:754:24
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:135:7)

I have two functions that trigger onCreate and onUpdate however, the {uid} in onUpdate is returning undefined, whilst onCreate returns the {uid}.

How can I get the {uid} to work for onUpdate?

onUpdate.f.js - {uid} is undefined

exports = module.exports = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{uid}/alerts/{name}') //UID is the User ID value stored in alerts
  .onUpdate(snap => {
    const user = snap.data();
    console.log(user);
    const msg = {
      to: user.email,
      from: '[email protected]',
      templateId: user.template,
      dynamic_template_data: {
        firstName: user.firstName,
        email: user.email,
        id: user.uid
      }
    };
    return sgMail.send(msg).catch(err => console.log(`${user.email} - ${err}`));
  });

onCreate.f.js - {uid} is correct

exports = module.exports = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{uid}/alerts/{name}')
  .onCreate(snap => {
    const user = snap.data();
    console.log(user);
    const msg = {
      to: user.email,
      from: '[email protected]',
      templateId: user.template,
      dynamic_template_data: {
        firstName: user.firstName,
        email: user.email,
        id: user.uid
      }
    };
    return sgMail.send(msg).catch(err => console.log(`${user.email} - ${err}`));
  });

Fields in doc Alerts from frontend

doCreateAlert = (id, email, firstName, lastName, alertType, transactionEmailId) => {
const db = this.firestore;
return db.doc(`users/${id}/alerts/${alertType}`).set({
    uid: id,
    name: alertType,
    email: email,
    firstName: firstName,
    lastName: lastName,
    template: transactionEmailId,
    dateCreated: new Date(),
    dateModified: new Date()
  });
};

The onUpdate is triggered by updating the database with onClick={this.updateAlert} as

updateAlert = () => {
    const { firebase, userID } = this.props;
    const panyTypeSetup = db.doc(`users/${userID}/alerts/emailVerified`);
    panyTypeSetup.update({
      dateModified: new Date()
    });
  };

on the frontend I receive the error of

Uncaught (in promise) Error: No document to update: projects/app/databases/(default)/documents/users/undefined/alerts/emailVerified

and the function is never run. If I manually update the doc in Firestore, I get an error in the firebase functions log as

TypeError: snap.data is not a function
at module.exports.functions.firestore.document.onUpdate.snap (/user_code/lib/auth/onUpdate.f.js:17:23)
at cloudFunctionNewSignature (/user_code/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/cloud-functions.js:105:23)
at cloudFunction (/user_code/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/cloud-functions.js:135:20)
at /var/tmp/worker/worker.js:754:24
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:135:7)

• javascript
• firebase
• google-cloud-firestore
• google-cloud-functions

2 Answers 2

As the guide shows, onUpdate has two parameters: change and context. You use change since you may want to access the value before the update or after the update. Assuming you want the value after the update, that would look like this:

exports = module.exports = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{uid}/alerts/{name}') //UID is the User ID value stored in alerts
  .onUpdate((change, context) => {
    const user = change.after.data();
    console.log(user);
    const msg = {
      to: user.email,
      from: '[email protected]',
      templateId: user.template,
      dynamic_template_data: {
        firstName: user.firstName,
        email: user.email,
        id: user.uid
      }
    };
    return sgMail.send(msg).catch(err => console.log(`${user.email} - ${err}`));
  });

Problem can easily be solved by reading the documents at Handle Event Data. However, if you are like me and skim the documents then the solution is

.onUpdate(change => {
  const user = change.after.data();