TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'quantity')

Question

shopping-cart.service.ts

async addToCart(product:Product){
    this.updateItem(product,1)
}

async removeFromCart(product:Product){
    this.updateItem(product, -1)
}
private getItem(cartId: string, productId: string) {
    return this.db.object('/shopping-carts/' + cartId + '/items/' + productId);
}
private async getOrCreateCartId():Promise<string>{
    let cartId = localStorage.getItem('cartId')
    if(cartId) return cartId;

    let result = await this.create();
    localStorage.setItem('cartId',result.key!);
    return result.key!;
}

private async updateItem(product:Product,change:number){
    let cartId = await this.getOrCreateCartId();
    let item$ = this.getItem(cartId,product.key);
    item$.valueChanges().take(1).subscribe((item:any)=>{
    let quantity = (item.quantity || 0) + change;  // error
    if (quantity === 0) item$.remove();
    else  item$.update({
     title:product.title, 
     imageUrl:product.imageUrl, 
     price: product.price,
     quantity:quantity
   })
 })
}

Error:-
Getting this error in the console it removes the items from the cart when it's quantity becomes zero(products which are already present in the cart) , but when I try to add an item to the cart it doesn't lets me add the product to the cart and show's me this error in the console

ERROR TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'quantity')
    at SafeSubscriber._next (shopping-cart.service.ts:61)
    at SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub (Subscriber.js:183)
    at SafeSubscriber.next (Subscriber.js:122)
    at Subscriber._next (Subscriber.js:72)
    at Subscriber.next (Subscriber.js:49)
    at TakeSubscriber._next (take.js:35)
    at TakeSubscriber.next (Subscriber.js:49)
    at MapSubscriber._next (map.js:35)
    at MapSubscriber.next (Subscriber.js:49)
    at Notification.observe (Notification.js:20)

Answer 1

I think its an async await issue on

let item$ = this.getItem(cartId,product.key);

so item is undefined, which is why you have properties of **null**