Uploading image link to firestore in swifui - google-cloud-firestore

Question

I'm trying to upload an image to firebaseStorage and get the link to it in a buy and sell app in swiftui
This is the main function I wrote
func uploadPhoto() {
// Make sure that the selected image poperty isn't nil
guard selectedImage != nil else{
return
}
let storageRef = Storage.storage().reference()
//Turn our image into data
let imageData = selectedImage!.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.8)
guard imageData != nil else {
return
}
// Specify the file path an name
let path = "images/\(UUID().uuidString).jpg"
let fileRef = storageRef.child(path)
// Upload that data
let uploadTask = fileRef.putData(imageData!) { metadata, error in
if error == nil && metadata != nil {
fileRef.downloadURL { url, error in
guard let url = url, error == nil else {
return
}
let urlString = url.absoluteString
print("Download url: \(urlString)")
self.imageUrl = urlString
let firestoreRef = Firestore.firestore()
firestoreRef.collection("users").document().setData(["items": urlString])
}
}
}
}
And here is my addData function:
// Add data
func addData(items: Items) {
if let currentUser = currentUser {
do {
try db.collection("users").document(currentUser.uid).updateData(["items": FieldValue.arrayUnion([Firestore.Encoder().encode(items)])])
} catch {
print("Error occured retriving data")
}
}
}
but the problem is when I try to upload/reference the link to the image on firestore It doesn't work.
I'm sending it like this
Here is the **Model **
struct UserData: Codable, Identifiable {
#DocumentID var id: String?
var items: [Items]
}
struct Items: Codable, Identifiable {
var id = UUID()
var title: String
var price: String
var description: String
var image: String?
}
and here is how I send it
VStack (spacing: 25){
Button {
if selectedImage != nil {
uploadPhoto()
}
if title != "" && price != "" && description != "" {
viewModel.addData(items: Items(title: title, price: price, description: description, image: imageUrl))
}
} label: {
Text("Publish").font(.buttonTitle)
}.buttonStyle(CustomButton())
}
I tried to send it like I described above but I am getting this.
enter image description here

Answer 1

The reason you're getting a new document for every call is here
firestoreRef.collection("users").document().setData(["items": urlString])
Every time you call document() without any parameter, it generates a new document. To prevent that you need to pass the UID in that document() call, in this case with the UID of the user, just as you already did in the call where you called updateData: db.collection("users").document(currentUser.uid).
So combined:
firestoreRef.collection("users").document(currentUser.uid).setData(["items": urlString])