Create new user communicator on changeDefaultBoard

src/components/Board/Board.actions.js

@@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ import {
   upsertCommunicator,
   getApiMyCommunicators,
   editCommunicator,
+  upsertApiCommunicator,
   updateDefaultBoardsIncluded,
-  addDefaultBoardIncluded
+  addDefaultBoardIncluded,
+  createCommunicator,
+  changeCommunicator
 } from '../Communicator/Communicator.actions';
 import { isAndroid, writeCvaFile } from '../../cordova-util';
 import { DEFAULT_BOARDS } from '../../helpers';
 import history from './../../history';
 import { improvePhraseAbortController } from '../../api/api';
+import shortid from 'shortid';
 
 const BOARDS_PAGE_LIMIT = 100;
 
@@ -92,7 +96,27 @@ export function changeDefaultBoard(selectedBoardNameOnJson) {
     const board = DEFAULT_BOARDS[selectedBoardNameOnJson];
     const BOARD_ALREADY_INCLUDED_NAME = 'advanced';
 
-    const activeCommunicator = getActiveCommunicator(getState);
+    const checkUserCommunicator = () => {
+      const userData = getState().app?.userData;
+      const activeCommunicator = getActiveCommunicator(getState);
+
+      if (userData.email && activeCommunicator.email !== userData?.email) {
+        // Create a new communicator for the user if it doesn't exist
+        const newCommunicator = {
+          ...activeCommunicator,
+          boards: [...activeCommunicator.boards],
+          author: userData.name,
+          email: userData.email,
+          id: shortid.generate()
+        };
+        dispatch(createCommunicator(newCommunicator));
+        dispatch(changeCommunicator(newCommunicator.id));
+        return newCommunicator;
+      }
+      return activeCommunicator;
+    };
+
+    const activeCommunicator = checkUserCommunicator();
 
     const fallbackInitialDefaultBoardsIncluded = activeCommunicator => {
       const oldUserHomeBoard = activeCommunicator.rootBoard;
@@ -171,14 +195,8 @@ export function changeDefaultBoard(selectedBoardNameOnJson) {
       };
 
       dispatch(editCommunicator(communicatorWithRootBoardReplaced));
-
-      try {
-        if (userData?.role)
-          await dispatch(
-            updateApiCommunicator(communicatorWithRootBoardReplaced)
-          );
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('error', error);
+      if (userData?.role) {
+        dispatch(upsertApiCommunicator(communicatorWithRootBoardReplaced));
       }
     };
 

src/components/Communicator/Communicator.actions.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   GET_API_MY_COMMUNICATORS_FAILURE,
   GET_API_MY_COMMUNICATORS_STARTED
 } from './Communicator.constants';
-
+import { defaultCommunicatorID } from './Communicator.reducer';
 import API from '../../api';
 
 export function importCommunicator(communicator) {
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ export function upsertCommunicator(communicator) {
   };
 }
 
+export function upsertApiCommunicator(communicator) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const {
+      communicator: { communicators }
+    } = getState();
+    const SHORT_ID_MAX_LENGTH = 14;
+
+    // If the communicator is not on the local state return
+    if (!communicators.find(c => c.id === communicator.id)) return;
+
+    communicator.id.length < SHORT_ID_MAX_LENGTH ||
+    communicator.id === defaultCommunicatorID
+      ? dispatch(createApiCommunicator(communicator, communicator.id)).catch(
+          error => {
+            console.error(error);
+          }
+        )
+      : dispatch(updateApiCommunicator(communicator)).catch(error => {
+          console.error(error);
+        });
+  };
+}
+
 export function editCommunicator(communicator) {
   return {
     type: EDIT_COMMUNICATOR,

src/components/Communicator/Communicator.reducer.js

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from './Communicator.constants';
 import { LOGIN_SUCCESS, LOGOUT } from '../Account/Login/Login.constants';
 
-const defaultCommunicatorID = 'cboard_default';
+export const defaultCommunicatorID = 'cboard_default';
 const initialState = {
   communicators: defaultCommunicators,
   activeCommunicatorId: defaultCommunicatorID