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Edited: Jan 10, 2022

Wix Members: New wix-members & wix-members-backend APIs

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We’ve recently migrated wix-users and wix-users-backend APIs to the new wix-members and wix-members-backend namespaces. This change clarifies the terminology and puts these APIs where you would expect to find them. We’ve also added some long-awaited new functions-

Moving forward, all related new APIs will be in the new wix-members and wix-members-backend namespaces. Learn more

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23 comments

23 Comments

TheLionsCircleWebAdmin

Oct 19, 2022

Hello Adi,

I am using the Wix package "Google SSO Integration" whose latest version was published on July 6 2021, which was not long before this announcement of the release of the new "wix-members" APIs.

The "@velo/google-sso-integration" Wix package is VERY useful, but unfortunately is using the deprecated "wix-users" library instead of the more future-proofed "wix-members" library.

My question is whether you can ask the development team about when they will be releasing a newer version that supports "wix-members"?

If its not too long, then I can wait. Otherwise I'm forced to copy re-factor it myself, which breaks the support in the future.

Much thanks for a response

Alvin

Jun 10, 2022

@Maksim Norkin , Has there been any progress made on the 'loggedin' function?

Shalom Boroda

Jun 21, 2022

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Replying to

Hi @Alvin, we just published it - https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-members/authentication/loggedin

sadeacs

May 04, 2022

Any update @Maksim Norkin on the seperate function?

Shalom Boroda

Jun 21, 2022

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Replying to

Hi @sadeacs we just published it - https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-members/authentication/loggedin

Maksim Norkin

Feb 07, 2022

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We're working on adding this as a separate function

webmaster

Jan 31, 2022

Thanks for the reply.

I was looking for the "loggedIn" property that was previously available with the wixUsers.currentUser API.

verbaldancing

Jan 31, 2022

Replying to

Hi webmaster, if you literally want a variable called loggedIn, why don't you add the following to the previous code

let member = await currentMember.getMember()
let loggedIn = member ? true : false

Shalom Boroda

Jun 21, 2022

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Replying to

Hi webmaster, we just published it - https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-members/authentication/loggedin

webmaster

Jan 28, 2022

Is there a wix-members "function" that may be used similar to this:

if (wixUsers.currentUser.loggedIn) {some code...}; ???

A boolean test for whether the current user is logged in...

I've looked and can't seem to find any.

verbaldancing

Jan 30, 2022

Replying to

yes I think you could still do that if you make your function asynchronious. For example

import {currentMember} from 'wix-members';

$w.onReady(async function () {
let member = await currentMember.getMember()
if(member){some code etc.}
if(!member){some other code}
})

if you want it to be more similar to the wixusers you could make it more compact

if(await currentMember.getMember()){some code etc.}
else{some other code}

verbaldancing

Jan 05, 2022

Thank you for your explanation @Maksim. Can I run something by you to check if I'm using the members backend API in the right way?

I have a membership site with multiple ways for customers to get access to paid content:

They can buy a pricing plans
They can buy a customized product

I have made a backend validation script to check if a customer has access to the paid content when they go to certain pages. Non-paying customers can still access these pages, but they will get less content on them. For (1) I check the contact labels using wix-crm-backend. For (2) I wanted to use extended fields, also through wix-crm-backend. However I seem to get some issues when trying to set the extended fields.

When someone buys the custom product, I use

a) the backend authentication.register function if they are not a site member, to give them an account on the site.
b) the backend members.updateMember function if they are already a member

I was able to set the necessary extended field with (a) but not with (b) and the two seem to need a different syntax, which I didn't fully figure out yet.

But now I'm also wondering if I'm actually going about this in the right way. You are mentioning that the extended fields in contacts are a platform for the custom fields in members. They need to be connected in the 'customize info' screen of the site members. The custom field will then appear in the member account screen, however I don't really want customers to be able to set this field themselves, because they needs to purchase the product to get access.

Maksim Norkin

Jan 05, 2022

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Replying to

Hey, so you need to use `wix-crm-backend` and set the custom field in there. All the members are contacts as well - you'll be able to control what they do with custom fields of contacts without connecting custom fields to members.

verbaldancing

Jan 05, 2022

Replying to

@Maksim Norkin thank you for your guidance. I am still running into some trouble implementing the scenario where I register a customer as a site member programmatically. As you mentioned I set the custom field using wix-crm-backend. (the extended fields are contained in the 'contactInfo' parameter below).

import { authentication } from 'wix-members-backend';
import { contacts } from 'wix-crm-backend';

export async function registerUser(email, contactInfo) {

    let password = "elkwjer434"
    contactInfo.emails = [{ email }]

    let resolvedContact = await contacts.appendOrCreateContact(contactInfo)
    
    let userId = resolvedContact.contactId
    let identityType = resolvedContact.identityType
    let isMember = identityType !== "CONTACT"

    if(isMember){
        password = "***"
        return { status: "already a member", email, identityType, userId, password}
    }

    return authentication.register(email, password)
        .then((result) => {
            console.log(result)
            let userId = result.member._id
            return { status: "successful", email, password, userId }
        })
        .catch((err) => {
            console.log(err)
            throw err.toString()
        })
}

The result of this function is a duplicate contact with the same email - one a site member, and one a non-member. Only the non-member seems to have the extended fields that I want. When I delete the duplicate non-member, and try to run the function again, the member contact still doesn't get updated with the extended fields.

Maksim Norkin

Feb 07, 2022

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Replying to

@Tzabar Cohen

verbaldancing

Jan 04, 2022

I wonder if you could give clarification on how to set/update custom fields with wix-members backend. There seems to be a difference in method between members.updateMember and authentication.register. In the documentation of 'updateMember' the custom fields parameters are an object, in 'register' they are not described as objects.

Maksim Norkin

Jan 04, 2022

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Replying to

Sure, the trick here is that contacts custom fields are served as a "platform" here, which is being re-used by the members custom fields.

All we need to do is to "connect" contacts custom fields with members, so members can update their custom fields data.

To connect fields, please go to "Contacts" > "Site Members" > "Customize Info"

Then click on "+ Add More Fields"

If you have any custom fields created on contacts - they will be displayed with the "+ Add" button near them. If there are no custom fields on contacts side - click on "+ Add Custom Field" and you'll create a new custom fields

Let me know if I can help anyhow

Maksim Norkin

Jan 03, 2022

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@verbaldancing pls try again

verbaldancing

Jan 04, 2022

Replying to

Thank you Maksim, that's great, I can retrieve the full fieldsets for getMember now.

verbaldancing

Dec 26, 2021

I'm seem to run into a little bit of trouble with the new members.getMember functions in the backend. I can't return the 'FULL' fieldsets when I call these functions from a backend event such as wixPaidPlans_onPlanPurchased. I can only get the public info and not the full info, for example to get a client's e-mail address.

Adi Oren

Dec 23, 2021

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Recent update: We released wix-members-backend events.

Documentation: https://www.wix.com/velo/reference/wix-members-backend/events

Soy Pardal

Nov 09, 2021

the profile system still has a bit of sluggish loading... do you intend to improve this?the profile system still has a bit of sluggish loading... do you intend to improve this?

michal hersch

Nov 06, 2021

You guys rock!

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