Update element from user profile in Meteor

Question

I am trying to update firstName field created in user.profile using onCreateUser :

Accounts.onCreateUser(function(options, user) {
    user.profile = options.profile || {};
    user.profile.firstName = options.firstName;
    return user;
});

Also I use allow:

Meteor.users.allow({
    update: function(userId, doc, fields, modifier) {
        if (fields === "profile.firstName") {
            return true;
        }
    }
});

When I use:

Meteor.users.update({
    _id: Meteor.userId()
}, {
    $set: {
        profile: "George"
    }
});

It works but it is not what I need.

What I need is to update firstName :

Meteor.users.update({
    _id: Meteor.userId()
}, {
    $set: {
        profile.firstName: "George"
    }
});

But I get this error:

SyntaxError: missing : after property id

What am I missing?

Answer 1

If you are using the dot notation you need to enclose the whole dotted field name in quotes.

In your case:

Meteor.users.update({
    _id: Meteor.userId()
}, {
    $set: {
        "profile.firstName": "George"
    }
});

Read more about updating an embedded field .