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  • Update an Object
  • Upsert an Object
  • Bulk Update a Collection

The examples on this page use the following schema:

class Task extends Realm.Object {
  static schema = {
    name: 'Task',
    properties: {
      _id: 'int',
      name: 'string',
      priority: 'int?',
      progressMinutes: 'int?',
      assignee: 'Person?',
    },
    primaryKey: '_id',
  };
}
class Task extends Realm.Object<Task> {
  _id!: number;
  name!: string;
  priority?: number;
  progressMinutes?: number;
  assignee?: Person;
  age?: number;
  static schema: ObjectSchema = {
    name: 'Task',
    properties: {
      _id: 'int',
      name: 'string',
      priority: 'int?',
      progressMinutes: 'int',
      assignee: 'Person?',
    },
    primaryKey: '_id',
  };
}

Update an Object

You can add, modify, or delete properties of a Realm object in the same way that you would update any other JavaScript object. But, you must do it inside of a write transaction.

In the following example of a TaskItem component, we:

  1. Get access to the opened realm instance by calling the useRealm() hook within the component.

  2. Retrieve a task by calling useObject() with "Task" and the _id parameter of the component.

  3. Create a component method incrementTaskProgress() that performs a write transaction and increments the task's progressMinutes.

  4. Render the task's name and progressMinutes in the UI.

  5. Add an onPress event on the "increment" button that calls incrementTaskProgress().

const TaskItem = ({_id}) => {
  const realm = useRealm();
  const myTask = useObject(Task, _id);
  const incrementTaskProgress = () => {
    if (myTask) {
      realm.write(() => {
        myTask.progressMinutes += 1;
      });
    }
  };
  if (myTask) {
    return (
      <>
        <Text>Task: {myTask.name}</Text>
        <Text>Progress made (in minutes):</Text>
        <Text>{myTask.progressMinutes}</Text>
        <Button
          onPress={() => incrementTaskProgress()}
          title='Increment Task Progress'
        />
      </>
    );
  } else {
    return <></>;
  }
};
const TaskItem = ({_id}: {_id: number}) => {
  const realm = useRealm();
  const myTask = useObject(Task, _id);
  const incrementTaskProgress = () => {
    if (myTask) {
      realm.write(() => {
        myTask.progressMinutes! += 1;
      });
    }
  };
  if (myTask) {
    return (
      <>
        <Text>Task: {myTask.name}</Text>
        <Text>Progress made (in minutes):</Text>
        <Text>{myTask.progressMinutes}</Text>
        <Button
          onPress={() => incrementTaskProgress()}
          title='Increment Task Progress'
        />
      </>
    );
  } else {
    return <></>;
  }
};

Tip

Update Related and Embedded Objects

To update a property of an embedded object or a related object, modify the property with dot-notation or bracket-notation as if it were in a regular, nested object.

Upsert an Object

To upsert an object within a write transaction, call Realm.create() with the update mode set to modified. The operation either inserts a new object with the given primary key or updates an existing object that already has that primary key.

Note

Upserting Requires Realm.create()

You must call Realm.create() within a write transaction to upsert an object. This is different than creating a new Realm Objects by calling the new operator.

In the following example of a CreateTaskItem component we:

  1. Get access to the opened realm instance by calling the useRealm() hook within the component.

  2. Perform a write transaction, and create a Task object with an _id value of 1234.

  3. Call Realm.create() inside the write transaction to upsert a Task object by specifying the same _id and a different``progressMinutes`` and the update mode set to "modified".

  4. Render the task's name and progressMinutes in the UI, showing the modified progress.

const CreateTaskItem = () => {
  const realm = useRealm();
  let myTask;
  realm.write(() => {
    // Add a new Task to the realm. Since no task with ID 1234
    // has been added yet, this adds the instance to the realm.
    myTask = realm.create(
      'Task',
      {_id: 1234, name: 'Wash the car', progressMinutes: 0},
      'modified',
    );
    // If an object exists, setting the third parameter (`updateMode`) to
    // "modified" only updates properties that have changed, resulting in
    // faster operations.
    myTask = realm.create(
      'Task',
      {_id: 1234, name: 'Wash the car', progressMinutes: 5},
      'modified',
    );
  });
  return (
    <>
      <Text>{myTask.name}</Text>
      <Text>Progress made (in minutes):</Text>
      <Text>{myTask.progressMinutes}</Text>
    </>
  );
};
const CreateTaskItem = () => {
  const realm = useRealm();
  const myTask: Realm.Object = realm.write(() => {
    // Add a new Task to the realm. Since no Task with ID 1234
    // has been added yet, this adds the instance to the realm.
    realm.create(
      'Task',
      {_id: 1234, name: 'Wash the car', progressMinutes: 0},
      'modified',
    );
    // If an object exists, setting the third parameter (`updateMode`) to
    // "modified" only updates properties that have changed, resulting in
    // faster operations.
    return realm.create(
      'Task',
      {_id: 1234, name: 'Wash the car', progressMinutes: 5},
      'modified',
    );
  });
  return (
    <>
      <Text>{myTask.name}</Text>
      <Text>Progress made (in minutes):</Text>
      <Text>{myTask.progressMinutes}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Bulk Update a Collection

To apply an update to a collection of objects, iterate through the collection (e.g. with for...of). In the loop, update each object individually.

In the following example of a TaskDashboard component, we:

  1. Get access to the opened realm instance by calling the useRealm() hook within the component.

  2. Retrieve all tasks in the realm instance by passing Task to the useQuery() hook.

  3. Create a component method resetProgressOnAllTasks() that performs a write transaction. Within that write transaction, we bulk update all tasks by looping through them using for...of and set their progressMinutes to 0.

  4. Map through the tasks to render a list of Text components displaying each task's name and progressMinutes.

const TaskDashboard = () => {
  const realm = useRealm();
  const tasks = useQuery(Task);
  const resetProgressOnAllTasks = () => {
    realm.write(() => {
      for (const task of tasks) {
        task.progressMinutes = 0;
      }
    });
  };
  return (
    <>
      {tasks.map(task => {
        <Text>
          {task.name} has {task.progressMinutes} minutes progressed
        </Text>;
      })}
      <Button
        onPress={resetProgressOnAllTasks}
        title='Reset Progress'
      />
    </>
  );
};

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