channelType, Address and optOut removed from v6, Alternative method to set these?

[soplan]

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JavaScript Framework

React

Amplify APIs

Analytics

Amplify Version

v6

Amplify Categories

analytics

Backend

Other

Environment information

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Describe the bug

In v5 I was able to set channelType, optOut and address.

With v6 I can't... all my users on our react website are registered as channelType "APN" with a blank address..

Because of this, We can't use either Journeys or Campaigns. Because this requires an address and EMAIL as channeltype in our case...

So is there a workaround or something to set the channelType to EMAIL and address?
I couldn't find it in the docs...

Expected behavior

Be able to set channelType, OptOut and Address using v6 library

Reproduction steps

Install v6.

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Additional information and screenshots

Not using amplify push/pull, only the library.
Backend is set-up through CDK

[mohammedsahl]

+1 we're facing the same issue

[ashwinkumar6]

Hi @soplan @mohammedsahl
Thanks for opening this ticket. Can you elaborate a bit more on the use case for the usage of channelType ,OptOut and Address in v6. These options were removed since they don't impact analytics endpoint.
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[mohammedsahl]

Hey @ashwinkumar6. We use optOut to know if a user has opted out of receiving messages. We have pinpoint journeys which depend on knowing if the endpoint channelType is email.

All we get now is that an endpoint is of APNS channelType which I assume is apple push notification service? Anyway that isn't very useful for our purposes.

[soplan]

@ashwinkumar6

we use journeys and they depend on the channektype “email” and we use campaigns to send newsletters which also requires this channeltype. Without that channeltype the endpoint is not eligible for sending emails.

OptOut is by default set to ALL when endpoint is created. For sending emails we have to set this to NONE.

What does this even mean?
“These options were removed since they don't impact analytics endpoint.”

I really do not understand that sentence in the docs. Clearly these options are very much required.

[hisham]

+1. This is a regression from v5. We are trying to update to v6 but without this feature we can't...

[mohammedsahl]

Hey @ashwinkumar6 would you have any updates on this?

[cwomack]

@soplan, @hisham, @mohammedsahl

Just wanted to let you all know that we've reviewed this and the related #12721 internally to assess this as a migration blocker from v5 to v6 at this point. We had made the decision to remove the address, optOut, and channelType options in v6, so that's why we're marking this a feature request (and not a bug).

I'll also be consolidating this issue into the older #12721 to ensure we are consolidating the context/feedback, so please feel free to add any relevant comments on that older issue and give it a "thumbs up" for traction.