Update mutation not changing store or backend

[jhlabs]

Steps to reproduce

I want to populate a name field for one record of the user model that has already been created. The Vue component for this process:

<script>
import { mapActions, mapGetters } from 'vuex'
export default {
  data () {
    return {
      firstName: undefined,
      company: undefined
    }
  },
  computed: {
    currentUserId () {
      return this.getCurrentUser.id
    },
    currentCompanyId () {
      return this.getCurrentCompany.id
    },
    ...mapGetters('users', {
      getCurrentUser: 'current'
    }),
    ...mapGetters('companies', {
      getCurrentCompany: 'current'
    })
  },
  methods: {
    finish (firstName, company) {
      const userId = this.currentUserId
      const userData = {name: this.firstName}
      this.updateUser([userId, userData])
    },
    // Map the actions provided by feathers-vuex to easy functions
    ...mapActions('users', {
      updateUser: 'update'
    }),
    ...mapActions('auth', [
      'authenticate'
    ]),
    ...mapActions('companies', {
      createCompany: 'create'
    })
  }
}
</script>

Expected behavior

The action should update the vuex state and database entries in the feathers backend.

Actual behavior

The action triggers a mutation, as seen in the Vue Dev tools, but there is no value updated: There is no change added in the backend either.

System configuration

feathers-vuex config

'use strict'

import 'babel-polyfill'
import feathers from 'feathers/client'
import hooks from 'feathers-hooks'
import auth from 'feathers-authentication-client'
import restClient from 'feathers-rest/client'
import feathersVuex from 'feathers-vuex'
import axios from 'axios'
import store from '@/store/'

const feathersClient = feathers()
  .configure(hooks())
  .configure(restClient('http://localhost:3030').axios(axios))
  .configure(auth({ storage: window.localStorage }))
  .configure(feathersVuex(store, {
    idField: 'id',
    auth: {
      userService: '/users',
    }
  }))

feathersClient.service('/users')
feathersClient.service('/companies')

export default feathersClient

package.json

{
  "name": "seads-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "The client for the seads app.",
  "author": "Johannes Herrmann <johannes.herrmann2012@gmail.com>",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "node build/dev-server.js",
    "start": "node build/dev-server.js",
    "build": "node build/build.js",
    "unit": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=test karma start test/unit/karma.conf.js --single-run",
    "test": "npm run unit",
    "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src test/unit/specs"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^0.16.2",
    "babel-polyfill": "^6.23.0",
    "feathers": "^2.1.4",
    "feathers-authentication-client": "^0.3.2",
    "feathers-hooks": "^2.0.1",
    "feathers-reactive": "^0.4.1",
    "feathers-rest": "^1.8.0",
    "feathers-vuex": "^0.7.0",
    "rxjs": "^5.4.2",
    "vee-validate": "^2.0.0-rc.8",
    "vue": "^2.3.4",
    "vue-router": "^2.3.1",
    "vuetify": "^0.13.0",
    "vuex": "^2.3.1"
  },
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    "babel-core": "^6.22.1",
    "babel-eslint": "^7.1.1",
    "babel-loader": "^6.2.10",
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}

[jskrzypek]

How are you calling the update? It looks like you are just providing something like { name: 'Johannes' } as the payload.

You probably need to call the the update method like this:

    this.updateUser([this.currentUserId, { ...this.getCurrentUser, name: 'Johannes' }])

But it would probably be better to use patch so you don't have to sent the rest of the data from the current user again

[jhlabs]

@jskrzypek thanks for the reply. Your solution adds the new value indeed to the store, but for me not to the feathers backend. I am trying to follow the patch instructions from the docs here:

It is actually just a type in the docs that causes the problem. This is the current doc for patch:

let data = {description: 'write your tests', completed: true}
let params = {}
store.dispatch('todos/update', [1, data, params])

But it should actually state:

let data = {description: 'write your tests', completed: true}
let params = {}
store.dispatch('todos/patch', [1, data, params])

Then everything works fine with just adding the changed values as payload. @marshallswain I am new to programming and don't want to mess up your docs :). Do you agree with the change?

[marshallswain]

Ah, yes. Thanks @Johannes90. I've fixed this in the 1.0 branch.