Updating a Record

The postRecord() method can also be used to update an existing record. You can specify the record_id in the config object in order to do so.

postRecord() will overwrite the user's record data to a new data.

For record config parameters, you only need to include the parameters you want to update along with the record_id parameter. All other fields in the record will remain unchanged unless explicitly included in the method call.

let updatedData = {
  newData: "Overwritten with new data."
};

let config = {
  record_id: 'record_id_to_update',
  table: {
    name: 'new_table_name',
    access_group: 'private' // change access group to private
  }
};

skapi.postRecord(updatedData, config).then(record => {
  console.log(record);
});

Example above overwrites record data to a new data and updated to a new table name.

TIP

To update only the config of the record with data untouched, you can leave the first argument data to undefined. Then, only the config will be updated with the previous data untouched.

let new_config = {
  record_id: 'record_id_to_update',
  table: {
    name: 'new_table_name',
    access_group: 'private' // change access group to private
  }
};

skapi.postRecord(undefined, new_config).then(record => {
  console.log(record);
});

INFO

Only the owner of the record can update a record.

Readonly Record

You can let user upload a readonly record that is immutable once it is created. To create a readonly record, you can set the readonly parameter in the config object to true.

let data = {
  myData: "Hello World"
};

let config = {
  table: 'my_collection',
  readonly: true
};

let read_only_record_id;
skapi.postRecord(data, config).then(record => {
  console.log(record);
  read_only_record_id = record.record_id;
});

When the record is created with readonly set to true, the user will not be able edit or delete the record anymore.

skapi.postRecord({ myData: "Can this be updated?" }, { record_id: read_only_record_id }).catch(err=>{
    alert(err.message); // Record is readonly.
})

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