Cannot create a username/password user from an anonymous user

[gilthonweapps]

Hi,

I am running the latest version of the parse-server on my local server. My client is an iOS app.
I create an anonymous user with the following code: PFAnonymousUtils.logInWithBlock

At a certain point in my app, I want to convert this anonymous user to a normal user. I can convert it to a Facebook, Twitter or username/password user.
With FaceBook or Twitter, I use their "linkUser" method and everything works fine.
With the username/password, I do the following:

    var user = PFUser.currenUser()
    user.username   = username?.lowercaseString
    user.email      = username?.lowercaseString
    user.password   = password
    user.signUpInBackgroundWithBlock { (sucess, error) in
    }

When I look at the "Session" table in mongoDB, there is no session created. In fact, the session that was created for the anonymous user was deleted when I tried to transform the anonymous user to a username/password user.
If I log out and log in again, the session is properly created.

Is there a way to link the anonymous user to a username/password user?

Environment Setup

• Server
  • parse-server version: 2.2.16
  • Operating System: Mac OS X El Capitan
  • Hardware: MacBook Pro
  • Localhost or remote server? (AWS, Heroku, Azure, Digital Ocean, etc): localhost
• Database
  • MongoDB version: 3.2.1
  • Storage engine: [FILL THIS OUT]
  • Hardware: [FILL THIS OUT]
  • Localhost or remote server? (AWS, mLab, ObjectRocket, Digital Ocean, etc): [FILL THIS OUT]

Logs/Trace

You can turn on additional logging by configuring VERBOSE=1 in your environment.

[Error]: invalid session token (Code: 209, Version: 1.13.0)

[noder199]

I have also experienced this issue in #2193 . Hopefully a fix is contributed, but until then, I recommend logging in after signing up to generate that session token on the server.

[flovilmart]

You should use the save function instead of the signUp function IMHO as the anonymous user is already saved.

[gilthonweapps]

@flovilmart It still doesn't work. I take my anonymous user and tries to save him. Once it is saved, I still see the "anonymous id" in the "authData" and the session row has disappeared from the Session table.

[flovilmart]

Can you please provide the logs when running with VERBOSE=1?

[gilthonweapps]

Creating the anonymous user

parse-server-0 verbose: POST /parse/users { host: 'localhost:1337',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-client-version': 'i1.13.0',
parse-server-0 accept: '/',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-application-id': '_',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-client-key': '',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-installation-id': '_*',
parse-server-0 'accept-language': 'en-us',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-os-version': '9.3 (15F34)',
parse-server-0 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
parse-server-0 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
parse-server-0 'content-length': '72',
parse-server-0 'user-agent': 'MyApp/2.3 CFNetwork/758.3.15 Darwin/15.5.0',
parse-server-0 connection: 'keep-alive',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-app-build-version': '2.3',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-app-display-version': '2.3' } {
parse-server-0 "authData": {
parse-server-0 "anonymous": {
parse-server-0 "id": "73ef1c6c-cf28-4435-8cba-fadebcb53214"
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 verbose: {
parse-server-0 "status": 201,
parse-server-0 "response": {
parse-server-0 "objectId": "yEUq1rscv6",
parse-server-0 "createdAt": "2016-07-12T18:10:11.471Z",
parse-server-0 "username": "VJERDU25CWVNFMwv2SiuAFHPF",
parse-server-0 "sessionToken": "r:8439d3a0ccaec43801180062f6da9445"
parse-server-0 },
parse-server-0 "location": "localhost:1337/parse/users/yEUq1rscv6"
parse-server-0 }

Saving it to become a normal user

parse-server-0 verbose: PUT /parse/classes/User/yEUq1rscv6 { host: 'localhost:1337',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-client-version': 'i1.13.0',
parse-server-0 accept: '/',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-session-token': 'r:8439d3a0ccaec43801180062f6da9445',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-application-id': '*******************',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-client-key': '',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-installation-id': '_********_',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-os-version': '9.3 (15F34)',
parse-server-0 'accept-language': 'en-us',
parse-server-0 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
parse-server-0 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
parse-server-0 'content-length': '146',
parse-server-0 'user-agent': 'MyApp/2.3 CFNetwork/758.3.15 Darwin/15.5.0',
parse-server-0 connection: 'keep-alive',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-app-build-version': '2.3',
parse-server-0 'x-parse-app-display-version': '2.3' } {
parse-server-0 "email": "test@example.com",
parse-server-0 "username": "test@example.com",
parse-server-0 "password": "_",
parse-server-0 "firstName": "John",
parse-server-0 "lastName": "Doe",
parse-server-0 "authData": {
parse-server-0 "anonymous": null
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 verbose: {
parse-server-0 "response": {
parse-server-0 "updatedAt": "2016-07-12T18:12:34.030Z"
parse-server-0 }
parse-server-0 }

At that time, the session doesn't exist anymore in the Session table, and any attempt results to error 209.

[flovilmart]

Thanks, we'll have a look

[gilthonweapps]

FYI, I did what @noder199 suggested. I saved my anonymous user then logged in just after the save and the session was created. But I think this is just a workaround. I will let you investigate this. Thanks for the support.

[flovilmart]

You can also try to fix that bug and open a PR :)