Unable to use null filters like 'parent IS NULL' in supabase realtime.

[sathishkannan162]

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• Version of supabase-js: [e.g. 6.0.2]
• Version of Node.js: [e.g. 10.10.0]

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const { createClient } = require('@supabase/supabase-js')

const supabase = createClient(process.env.SUPABASE_URL, process.env.SUPABASE_KEY, {})

// Set your custom JWT here
supabase.realtime.setAuth('your-custom-jwt')

const channel = supabase
  .channel('db-changes')
  .on(
    'postgres_changes',
    {
      event: '*',
      schema: 'public',
      table: 'todos',
      filter: 'parent IS NULL',
    },
    (payload) => console.log(payload)
  )
  .subscribe()

[sathishkannan162]

Does supabase have null filters?

[w3b6x9]

Does supabase have null filters?

@sathishkannan162 realtime doesn't currently support is null filters but it's something we can add to the product roadmap. will transfer this to the realtime repo.

[sathishkannan162]

I would love to see this feature. It would reduce lots of unnecessary realtime messages.