export const getUser = async ({
  db,
  auth,
}: Parameters<
  Parameters<typeof query>[0]
>[0]): Promise<Document<"users"> | null> => {
  const identity = await auth.getUserIdentity();
  if (!identity) {
    throw new Error("Called getUser without authentication present");
  }

  return await db
    .query("users")
    .filter((q) => q.eq(q.field("tokenIdentifier"), identity.tokenIdentifier))
    .first();
};

export const getUser = async ({
  db,
  auth,
}: Parameters<
  Parameters<typeof query>[0]
>[0]): Promise<Document<"users"> | null> => {
  const identity = await auth.getUserIdentity();
  if (!identity) {
    throw new Error("Called getUser without authentication present");
  }

  return await db
    .query("users")
    .filter((q) => q.eq(q.field("tokenIdentifier"), identity.tokenIdentifier))
    .first();
};

    const newSubmission = await db.get(subId);
    if (newSubmission === null)
      throw new Error("new submission should not be null!");
    return newSubmission;

    const newSubmission = await db.get(subId);
    if (newSubmission === null)
      throw new Error("new submission should not be null!");
    return newSubmission;

Type 'null' is not assignable to type '{ _id: GenericId<"submissions">; _creationTime: number; user: GenericId<"users">; application: GenericId<"applications">; submitted: boolean; fields: Map<...>; }'.

Type 'null' is not assignable to type '{ _id: GenericId<"submissions">; _creationTime: number; user: GenericId<"users">; application: GenericId<"applications">; submitted: boolean; fields: Map<...>; }'.