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Reputation: 2296

How can I change a Meteor.users _id?

I have some existing users from a non-Meteor app. I'd like to import them and keep their _id because I reference it in other documents.

I am able to create a user like this:

if (Meteor.users.find().count() === 0) {
    Accounts.createUser({
      username: 'test',
      email: '[email protected]',
      password: 'password'
    });
  }

However, it doesn't seem to work to set the _id field in that block of code.

Is there a way to change the user's _id?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 268

Answers (1)

Abe Miessler
Abe Miessler

Reputation: 85036

Try using Meteor.users.insert instead of Accounts.createUser. It's slightly more complicated and requires an extra step to set the password:

var newUserId = Meteor.users.insert({
      _id: 'whatever',
      profile  : { fullname : 'test' },
      email: ['[email protected]']
    })
Accounts.setPassword(newUserId, 'password');

Upvotes: 1

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