"indexName is not valid" error in Algolia after Searchable attributes update about vue-instantsearch

[Haroenv]

Is the indexName everywhere profiles? does algoliasearchkey have access to that index as well? Does it work if you use a different api key?

[tom43983]

Thanks, so "profiles" is the index name everywhere. algoliasearchkey is only the API key value. It works when I use a dashboard generated API key. Otherwise the way I generate the key for each user is through a cloud function in Firebase. This is how I do it in my cloud functions:

//generate a key for each new signed-up user, then add it to the user document
const algoliasearch = require('algoliasearch');
const client = algoliasearch('xxxxxxxxx', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
const index = client.initIndex('profiles');

exports.generateAndAddAlgoliaApiKeyToUser = functions.firestore
  .document('users/{user}')
  .onCreate((snap, context) => {
    console.error("On Create triggered")



    const userid = snap.id

    console.log('the id of the new user id : ' + userid)

    const publicKey = client.generateSecuredApiKey(
      'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', // A search key that you keep private
      {
        filters: `owninguser:${userid}`
      }
    );

    console.log("this is the new key: " + publicKey)



    db.doc('users/' + snap.id).update({
      algoliasearchkey: publicKey,
    });

I realise I don't use the index variable in the function. Is this what causes the key not to work?

[tom43983]

https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/api-methods/generate-secured-api-key/

This is the guide I used to create the key generation function. I don't see any obligation to specify an index. I just restrict the search for each user with a filter.

[Haroenv]

No, this all should work. As it's a question unrelated to InstantSearch as far as I can tell, I suggest you contact [email protected] describing your issue. I don't know what the cause could be, sorry!