Creating new Parse user from input form

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I am trying to create a new user for my Parse database, but it is not working with forms and inputs. It only works if I hard code the value

<form>
  First Name: <input type="text" id="firstName" /> 
  <br><br>
  Last Name: <input type="text" id="lastName" /> 
  <br><br>
  E-Mail: <input type="text" id="email" /> 
  <br><br>
  Password: <input type="password" id="email" /> <br>
</form>
<br><br>
<input type="button" value="Sign Up" onclick="signUp();" />


<script type="text/javascript">
  Parse.initialize("xxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxxxx");

  function signUp() {

    var name = document.getElementById("firstName").value;
    var pass = document.getElementById("password").value;
    var mail = document.getElementById("email").value;

    var user = new Parse.User();
    user.set("username", name);
    user.set("password", pass);
    user.set("email", mail);

  }

when setting the user instance variables, it works if I hard code the string as I said before, like this:

  var user = new Parse.User();
  user.set("username", "bob");
  user.set("password", 1234);
  user.set("email", "[email protected]");

I believe that something is going wrong when I call getElementById().value but I am not sure

I forgot about that! thank you. It gave me an error of Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of null When I tried to get the value of the password input — jean
– jean, Commented Apr 19, 2015 at 16:34
did you see that you have to change the id of password to password . you forgot to change it when copy and paste — semirturgay
– semirturgay, Commented Apr 19, 2015 at 16:36

cbr · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-19 16:36:00Z

4

You forgot to change the ID of your password input:

E-Mail: <input type="text" id="email" /> 
<br><br>
Password: <input type="password" id="email" /> <br>
                                      ^

You probably meant to write

Password: <input type="password" id="password" /> <br>

answered Apr 19, 2015 at 16:36

cbr

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