feat: By-pass email verification on development environment (#408)

Co-authored-by: Sanchit Bajaj <55249639+Sanchitbajaj02@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: vinayak-vohra

src/backend/auth.api.ts

@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ const register = async (userData: {
       throw new Error("User data can't be saved properly");
     }
 
-    const createVerify = await account.createVerification(
-      `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/verify`,
-    );
-
-    if (!createVerify) {
-      throw new Error("Error sending verification email");
+    // send verification email in production mode
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
+      const createVerify = await account.createVerification(
+        `${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/verify`,
+      );
+
+      if (!createVerify) {
+        throw new Error("Error sending verification email");
+      }
     }
 
     return dbData;
@@ -245,7 +248,10 @@ const saveDataToDatabase = async (session: any) => {
     const resp = await db.createDocument(palettegramDB, usersCollection, ID.unique(), {
       email: session.email,
       fullName: session.name,
-      isVerified: session.emailVerification,
+      isVerified:
+        process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+          ? true // user verified by default in dev environment
+          : session.emailVerification,
       accountId: session.$id,
       username: session?.prefs?.username,
       avatarURL: avatar,

src/components/pages/auth/register/index.tsx

@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ export default function RegisterComponent() {
       dispatch(saveUserToStore(payload));
 
       setIsLoading(false);
-      toastify("Register Successful. Please check your email to verify", "success");
-      router.push("/verify");
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
+        toastify("Register Successful. Please check your email to verify", "success");
+        router.push("/verify");
+      } else {
+        toastify("Register Successful", "success");
+        router.push("/feed");
+      }
     } catch (error: any) {
       setIsLoading(false);