joinCommunity( )

Joins the currently logged-in member to the site community and sets their profile to public.

Description

When a member's profile is public, they have access to the site's Members Area features — such as chat, forum, and followers — and their profile is visible to other members and site visitors.

Note: Only logged-in members can call this function without elevated permissions. To call this function as a different identity, elevated permissions are required.

Syntax

function joinCommunity(): Promise<JoinCommunityResponse>

joinCommunity Parameters

This function does not take any parameters.

Returns

Member profile.

Return Type:

Promise<

JoinCommunityResponse

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

member

Member

The updated member.

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Make currently logged-in member's profile public (export from backend code)

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1import { members } from 'wix-members.v2';
2import { webMethod, Permissions } from 'wix-web-module';  
3
4export const myJoinCommunityFunction = webMethod(
5  Permissions.Anyone,
6  async () => {
7    try {
8      const member = await members.joinCommunity();
9      console.log('Joined site community:', member);
10
11      return member;
12    } catch (error) {
13      console.error(error);
14      // Handle the error
15    }
16  }
17);
18
19/* Promise resolves to:
20 * {
21 *   "member": {
22 *     "createdDate": "2024-02-22T13:52:00Z",
23 *     "id": "7d368843-6f0c-4037-8d0e-b7e36a8a0c32",
24 *     "updatedDate": "2024-02-22T13:52:00.674Z",
25 *     "activityStatus": "ACTIVE",
26 *     "contact": {
27 *       "contactId": "ff20c02e-3d13-4412-9529-d628aa0abc12",
28 *       "firstName": "John",
29 *       "lastName": "Doe",
30 *       "phones": [],
31 *       "emails": [],
32 *       "addresses": [],
33 *       "customFields": {}
34 *     },
35 *     "contactId": "ff20c02e-3d13-4412-9529-d628aa0abc12",
36 *     "lastLoginDate": "2024-02-29T11:40:21Z",
37 *     "loginEmail": "johndoe@example.com",
38 *     "loginEmailVerified": true,
39 *     "privacyStatus": "PUBLIC",
40 *     "profile": {
41 *       "nickname": "John Doe",
42 *       "slug": "johndoe",
43 *       "photo": {
44 *         "id": "",
45 *         "url": "https://example.com/newphoto.jpg",
46 *         "height": 0,
47 *         "width": 0
48 *       }
49 *     },
50 *     "status": "APPROVED"
51 *   }
52 * }
53 */

Make the currently logged-in member's profile public (Dashboard page code)

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1import { members } from 'wix-members.v2';
2
3export async function myJoinCommunityFunction(){
4  try {
5    const member = await members.joinCommunity();
6    console.log('Joined site community:', member);
7
8    return member;
9  } catch (error) {
10    console.error(error);
11    // Handle the error
12  }
13}
14
15/* Promise resolves to:
16 * {
17 *   "_id": "f32cbc51-a331-442b-86c2-2c664613e8b9",
18 *   "_createdDate": "2021-08-02T23:14:42.000Z",
19 *   "_updatedDate": "2021-08-02T23:14:58.345Z",
20 *   "lastLoginDate": "2021-08-04T11:02:44.000Z",
21 *   "contactId": "f32cbc51-a331-442b-86c2-2c664613e8b9",
22 *   "loginEmail": "claude.morales@example.com",
23 *   "loginEmailVerified": true,
24 *   "status": "APPROVED",
25 *   "privacyStatus": "PUBLIC",
26 *   "activityStatus": "ACTIVE",
27 *   "contact": {
28 *     "firstName": "Claude",
29 *     "lastName": "Morales",
30 *     "phones": [
31 *       "0747-769-460"
32 *     ],
33 *     "emails": [
34 *       "claude.morales@example.com"
35 *     ],
36 *     "addresses": [
37 *       {
38 *         "_id": "f0f4d905-488d-44db-9080-fc29078cfad5",
39 *         "addressLine": "9373 Park Avenue",
40 *         "addressLine2": "Berkshire",
41 *         "city": "Ely",
42 *         "subdivision": "GB-ENG",
43 *         "country": "GB",
44 *         "postalCode": "PD50 8EU"
45 *       }
46 *     ],
47 *     "customFields": {}
48 *   },
49 *   "profile": {
50 *     "nickname": "Claude Morales",
51 *     "slug": "claudemorales"
52 *   }
53 * }
54 */