User

Learn more about the Jovo $user property.

The $user property contains data and features about the specific user interacting with the app.

this.$user;

The user class is mainly used to store user data that needs to be persisted across sessions. The property also includes metadata about the user.

In addition to the data, platforms offer their own user specific features (for example, retrieving a user's email address from their profile) that can be found in the respective platform's documentation.

User data makes it possible to store user specific data across sessions using the Jovo database integrations. Learn more about all data types here.

After a request has been received, the app loads the data from the database. You can then access it like this:

this.$user.data;

The data can be manipulated (see store data and read data) and is saved to the database after the handler logic.

You can add and manipulate data entries like this:

this.$user.data.key = value;

// Example
this.$user.data.score = 20;

You can access a specific data element like this:

this.$user.data.key;

// Example
const score = this.$user.data.score;

Additionally to the persisted data, you can also access the following information about the user:

• this.$user.id: The user's ID is also the key to their database entry. This is either a string or undefined (if the platform does not support user IDs).
• this.$user.accessToken: For platforms that offer account linking, the accessToken is a string for signed in users. The value is undefined if the user hasn't linked their account, or the platform does not support account linking.
• this.$user.createdAt: When was this user's database entry created?
• this.$user.updatedAt: When was this user's data last updated?
• this.$user.isNew: A boolean that is true for first-time users.