How to find a table entry from _id

I want to query the my table and find the table document that has the _id i pass in. How do I do this?

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DylanDevOP•3mo ago

Something like this:

const level = await ctx.db.query("levels").collect(entryId);
                               ^ THIS IS THE ID VARIABLE THAT I HAVE THAT COORISPONDS WITH A _Id IN A TABLE DOCUMENT

const level = await ctx.db.query("levels").collect(entryId);
                               ^ THIS IS THE ID VARIABLE THAT I HAVE THAT COORISPONDS WITH A _Id IN A TABLE DOCUMENT

Clever Tagline•3mo ago

The second example below this bookmark has what you need: https://docs.convex.dev/functions/query-functions#query-context

Queries | Convex Developer Hub

Queries are the bread and butter of your backend API. They fetch data from the

DylanDevOP•3mo ago

@Clever Tagline thank you! i'll @ you if i have any questions

DylanDevOP•3mo ago

I'm having an issue now where my backend and my front end are not syncing with my api functions. The client is saying the ids are undefined even tho the server is saying they are being returned. https://gist.github.com/DylanDevelops/c200090842b559c1837591662b1c8154

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