Get user profile data using Auth.currentAuthenticatedUser #91
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In the book, it is said that: > To display the user profile data, we use the `Auth.currentAuthenticatedUser` method. […] Yet `Auth.currentUserPoolUser` is used in the code sample. The docs describe both [currentUserPoolUser] and [currentAuthenticatedUser] very similarly, yet referencing one and then using the other one doesn't help reduce the confusion between the two main Cognito pieces: _user pools_ and _identity pools_. The [support knowledge article] trying to clarify this distinction also mentions that > _User pools_ are for _authentication_ (identify verification). […] while one method has _user pool_ in its name and the other has _authenticated_. [currentAuthenticatedUser]: https://aws-amplify.github.io/amplify-js/api/classes/authclass.html#currentauthenticateduser [currentUserPoolUser]: https://aws-amplify.github.io/amplify-js/api/classes/authclass.html#currentuserpooluser [support knowledge article]: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/cognito-user-pools-identity-pools/
Add this change for the custom auth code in Chapter 5, as it builds on top of the basic auth in Chapter 4.
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In the book, it is said that:
Yet
Auth.currentUserPoolUseris used in the code sample.The docs describe both
currentUserPoolUserandcurrentAuthenticatedUservery similarly, yet referencing one and then using the other one doesn't help reduce the blurriness between the two main Cognito pieces: user pools and identity pools.The support knowledge article trying to clarify this distinction also mentions that
and at the same time one method has user pool in its name while the other has authenticated. So I didn't find much help in clarifying the distinction here either.
Snippet from the book
@dabit3 if this PR is going in the opposite direction than intended, please shed some light here. 🙏🏼