Missing clearUser method on react-native

[ghsdh3409]

Describe the bug

• As an official reference document, there is clearUser method. But, after I upgrading v7, there is no clearUser.
• Is this breaking change? If not, what should I use instead of clearUser?

Steps to reproduce

1. Use Bugsnag.clearUser()

Environment

• Bugsnag version: 7.6
• React Native: 0.63.4
• Device (e.g. iphonex): Android and iOS

Error screenshot

[xljones]

Hey @ghsdh3409, the docs you've linked to are our legacy documents for the deprecated bugsnag-react-native package. The clearUser() method does not exist in the new React Native package.

In Bugsnag for React Native using bugsnag-js v7.3.0+, you can clear the user data though by calling Bugsnag.setUser(); without any arguments in the JS layer.

[jdferreira-biai]

@xljones Thanks!

Btw, that should be added in the docs. I spent some time reading the docs looking for how to clear the user data.

[hannah-smartbear]

Hi @jdferreira-biai,

You can find information on how to clear user data using setUser in our docs here. Please let us know if you have any further questions!

[jdferreira-biai]

Hi @jdferreira-biai,

You can find information on how to clear user data using setUser in our docs here. Please let us know if you have any further questions!

@hannah-smartbear There is an issue. When I try to send null as value to the setUser function I get this type error:

Argument of type 'null' is not assignable to parameter of type 'string | undefined'. ts(2345)

Example:

import Bugsnag from '@bugsnag/js'

Bugsnag.setUser(null) // here i get the type error

I'm using @bugsnag/[email protected].

[mclack]

Hi @jdferreira-biai

Thanks for highlighting this.

This appears to be due to us enforcing the setUser() parameters as an optional string, allowing types of either string or undefined to be supplied to this method when using Typescript, but not null.

We have opened a PR to update this here. While I do not have a firm ETA on when this change will be released, we will look to put this through our full review process when priorities allow.