Error message from Cloud-Code, using parse.com

Question

I'm developing a new App where I request users to sign up via the phone number, so that I can store it in Parse.com's database. I am doing it to use the same phone numbers to send push notifications.

I have been trying to accomplish this by using Twilio and Parse.com. I read the tutorial here and I tried to follow it without success.

Link to the tutorial here.

This is my cloud code (as seen in the URL linked above )

var twilio = require('twilio')('removed', 'removed');

Parse.Cloud.define("sendVerificationCode", function(request, response) {
var verificationCode = Math.floor(Math.random()*999999);
var user = Parse.User.current();
user.set("phoneVerificationCode", verificationCode);
user.save();

twilio.sendSms({
    From: "+46 10 138 91 84",
    To: request.params.phoneNumber,
    Body: "Your verification code is " + verificationCode + "."
}, function(err, responseData) { 
    if (err) {
      response.error(err);
    } else { 
      response.success("Success");
    }
  });
});

Parse.Cloud.define("verifyPhoneNumber", function(request, response) {
    var user = Parse.User.current();
    var verificationCode = user.get("phoneVerificationCode");
    if (verificationCode == request.params.phoneVerificationCode) {
        user.set("phoneNumber", request.params.phoneNumber);
        user.save();
        response.success("Success");
    } else {
         response.error("Invalid verification code.");
    }
 });

And this is the code I call in Xcode:

NSString *number = @"0737879108";
NSDictionary *params = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:number forKey:@"number"];
//NSLog(@"%@", params);

[PFCloud callFunctionInBackground:@"sendVerificationCode" withParameters:params block:^(id object, NSError *error) {
    NSString *message = @"";
    if (!error) 
        message = @"Your SMS invitation has been sent!";
    } else {
        message = @"Uh oh, something went wrong :(";
    }
   [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Invite Sent!"
                                message:message
                               delegate:nil
                               cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok"
                               otherButtonTitles:nil, nil] show];
  }];

Why am I getting this error message?

TypeError: Cannot call method 'set' of null
at main.js:7:10 (Code: 141, Version: 1.6.1)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '15 at 18:31

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The error is pretty straightforward. You use user to call the set method. And it says that TypeError: Cannot call method 'set' of null. So, the problem is about you called user. Try to debug the user or check whether Parse.User.current() return proper user.

answered Jan 18 '15 at 18:31

Lucas Huang

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Lol, what i noticed now is that i did not have a user so that is why it is returning null. What i want to achieve is that when a new user is using the application he/she will need to validate by providing a phone number and nothing else. And after validated i would then create a user for that person.But using the method im using now needs a user before so how would i be able to solve this? any suggestions would be appreciated @lucas Huang – Timo Cengiz Jan 18 '15 at 21:42
I think YES. You probably solve how to get the user before doing any operations. – Lucas Huang Jan 18 '15 at 22:27

Error message from Cloud-Code, using parse.com

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