Update User Object

User property values of the logged in users can be updated with an API operation described below. This operation is useful if an application needs to provide to the users the functionality for updating user profiles and registration properties. A user must be logged in in order to update his registration properties.

Non-Blocking API

The method call does not block - it returns immediately. The AsyncCallback argument receives either the response or the fault returned by the Backendless servers.

public void Backendless.UserService.update( BackendlessUser user, 
                                            AsyncCallback<BackendlessUser> );

where

Argument	Description
user	an instance of the BackendlessUser class which contains property values to update the user account with.
callback	an object which receives either a return value or an error from the server. The return value from the server is an updated instance of the BackendlessUser class. The class of the callback object must implement the AsyncCallback<BackendlessUser> interface.

Blocking API

public BackendlessUser Backendless.UserService.update( BackendlessUser user );

where

Argument	Description
user	an instance of the BackendlessUser class which contains property values to update the user account with.

Errors

The following errors may occur during the Update User Properties API call. See the Error Handling section for details on how to retrieve the error code when the server returns an error.

Error Code	Description
2002	Version is disabled or provided wrong application info (application id or secret key)
3018	The property marked as "identity" is being updated and another user already has the specified value which must be unique.
3024	General "update registration" error. Error message should contain additional details.
3028	User is not logged in.
3029	Cannot modify properties of another user. Returned when one user is logged and the call attempts to modify properties of another user.
3030	Unable to locate user account - invalid user id.
3031	A new "dynamic" property is being added, but dynamic property definition is disabled.
3045	Required properties in the provided object do not contain values.

Non-Blocking API Example

// do not forget to call Backendless.initApp in the app initialization code

Backendless.UserService.login( username, password, new AsyncCallback<BackendlessUser>()
{
 public void handleResponse( BackendlessUser user )
  {
    // user has been logged in, now user properties can be updated
    user.setProperty( "phoneNumber", "5551212" );
    Backendless.UserService.update( user, new AsyncCallback<BackendlessUser>()    
    {
      public void handleResponse( BackendlessUser user )
      {
        // user has been updated
      }

      public void handleFault( BackendlessFault fault )
      {
        // user update failed, to get the error code call fault.getCode()
      }
    });
  }

  public void handleFault( BackendlessFault fault )
  {
    // login failed, to get the error code call fault.getCode()
  }
});

Blocking API Example

// do not forget to call Backendless.initApp in the app initialization code

BackendlessUser user;

try
{
  user = Backendless.UserService.login( username, password );
}
catch( BackendlessException exception )
{
  // login failed, to get the error code, call exception.getFault().getCode()
}

try
{
  user.setProperty( "phoneNumber", "5551212" );
  user = Backendless.UserService.update( user );
}
catch( BackendlessException exception )
{
  // update failed, to get the error code, call exception.getFault().getCode()
}