Connecting users as friends

Need help Database
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Hey guys. I’m trying to create a functionality where users can connect to each other in a friends like way and I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this.

So far I’ve created a “list of users” field called “friends” for users in the database. So I should be able to add either username or e-mail of any user to any other users “friends field”.

But I haven’t been able to figure out the workflow.

I’ve got an input field for “username” and/or “email” (doesn’t really matter to me which I use) and a submit button. The workflow for submit button I can’t get to work.

Anyone who has done something similar who can point me in the right direction?

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Don’t add the username to the Friend list, you want to add the “User” to the list. Can you share a screenshot of your setup?

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Not sure what you mean by setup, but here’s the workflow, as far as I get without encountering errors.

How do I translate and validate the input from the input field into a user and then add it to a list?

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Where is the button to actually add the user? Is it from a repeating group? If so, you’d use, “Friends add Current Cell’s User”

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Ah no. It’s an input field without parent. It’s like in Snapchat – you need to know your friends username in order to add them. So you input the username and if it’s a match you get your friend added.

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Oh ok. So you would need to use something like:

Friends add Do a Search for Users (username = input Username’s value):first item

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That worked perfectly. Thanks a lot!