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createRecord

Creates a new record.

Declaration

CancellablePromise createRecord(
	CreateRecordParams params
);

Parameters

  • params:

    A dictionary as described in the Discussion section.

Return Value

A CancellablePromise with the following resolutions.

Discussion

If the promise is successful, it will resolve with one of the following dictionaries:

  • { statusCode: 201; result: CKDBRecordResponse }

The promise may reject and throw the following:

  • DocumentedResponseError, if the HTTP status code is 421. The result member will be a dictionary conforming to AuthenticationRequiredError.

  • DocumentedResponseError, if the HTTP status code is none of the above and in the range 400 to 599. The result member will be a dictionary conforming to RequestError.

  • ValidationError, if the parameters to the method are incorrect.

  • A FetchError descendant, if there is a problem with the network request. A reference to the request object can be used to examine the underlying cause.

Discussion

The params dictionary has the following properties:

dictionary CreateRecordParams {
  CKDBCreateRecordRequestBody body;
  string containerId;
  CKEnvironment environment;
  string databaseType;
  string zoneName;
}

  • body: New record details.

  • containerId: The container identifier. See Container.

  • environment: The container environment. For valid values, see CKEnvironment.

  • databaseType: The database type. For valid values, see CKDatabaseType.

  • zoneName: The zone name. See CKDBZone.

If successful, the result contains a CKDBRecordResponse object with the created record. When creating a new record, if you omit the recordName property from body, the server assigns the record a UUID. When assetType fields exist in your record type, you must upload the assets prior to creating a record using the createAssetUploadUrl operation. For shared records, set the createShortGuid property in body to true in order to create a globally unique identifier for this record that the server uses when the share participant accepts a shared record.

Node.js example:


import { createConfiguration } from "@apple/cktool.target.nodejs";
import {
  CKDatabaseType,
  CKEnvironment,
  PromisesApi,
  createCKDBRecordFieldInt64Value,
  createCKDBRecordFieldStringValue,
  createCKDBRecordFieldStringListValue,
  createCKDBRecordFieldTimestampValue,
  toInt64
} from "@apple/cktool.database";

// These parameters are commonly passed to
// operations on records.
const defaultParams = {
  containerId: "YOUR_CONTAINER_ID",
  environment: CKEnvironment.DEVELOPMENT,
  databaseType: CKDatabaseType.PUBLIC,
  zoneName: "_defaultZone",
};

try {
  const api = new PromisesApi({
    configuration: createConfiguration(),
    security: {
      // You can obtain tokens from CloudKit Console.
      "ManagementTokenAuth": "YOUR_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN",
      "UserTokenAuth": "YOUR_USER_TOKEN"
    },
  });
  const { result } = await api.createRecord({
    ...defaultParams,
    body: {
      recordType: "MyUserAccounts",
      fields: {
        "firstName": createCKDBRecordFieldStringValue({ value: "John" }),
        "lastName": createCKDBRecordFieldStringValue({ value: "Smith" }),
        "age": createCKDBRecordFieldInt64Value({
          // toInt64 casts the number to an Int64
          value: toInt64(42)
        }),
        "dateOfBirth": createCKDBRecordFieldTimestampValue({
          value: new Date("Mar 4, 1979")
        }),
        "childrenNames": createCKDBRecordFieldStringListValue({
          value: ["Fred", "Bob"]
        })
      }
    }
  });
  // Do something with result.record
  console.log(result.record.recordName);
} catch(ex) {
  // Handle error
}

See Also

Record Management