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Firebase Component

Create, read, update, and delete documents in a Firebase Cloud Firestore database collection.

Component key: firebase

Description

Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. Firebase Cloud Firestore is a document-based, flexible, scalable, and NoSQL cloud database, used to store and sync data for client and server-side applications. This component uses the Firebase Admin SDK to create, read, update, delete, and list documents within a Firebase Cloud Firestore collection. See more information in the Cloud Firestore section of the Firebase Admin SDK in the Firebase Docs.

Connections

Firebase Private Key Connection

The Firebase Admin SDK is a set of server libraries that lets you interact with Firebase from privileged environments. To authenticate through the Firebase Admin SDK, follow the instructions to generate a private key located on the Firebase docs This will involve you creating a service account in the Google Cloud Platform and generating credentials for that user. You will receive a JSON file containing many fields including a private key, and client email which you will use to make a new connection. In the new connection, enter the value of the client email, private key, and your GCP project Id.

InputNotesExample
Email
string
/ Required
clientEmail
Provide the client email for the GCP account.
someone@example.com
Private Key
text
/ Required
privateKey
Provide the private key from the Google Cloud Platform.
example- MIIEvdegIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAVtkOIcMjQXRzx+2VLoPkAs l1vRkI4wWtbNn6taw01eserX1/vkyxHcByEtkAlaDFrqSlSclRmgRd/ddGWD6xGss9fGIjjJcez4jh 8z6EUeZBAgMBAAECggEAE8vqqRrYdZFNSTOzZN+R/eDzW2nZMiBTqHTl/KvPmp0m fiXX94pJxcRKMEm44n7MFUSdMG3MJoMUeAIs+thYibqkFpXWBCzzq8EzfTuTjR8+ycF+GXWN
Project Id
string
/ Required
projectId
Provide the unique identifier of the project from the Google Cloud Platform.
 

Actions

Bulk Create Documents

Create multiple documents in a Cloud Firestore collection in a single operation | key: bulkCreateDocuments

InputDefaultNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Documents
code
/ Required
documents
An array of documents to be created in the collection.
 
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 
 

{
"data": "Documents created successfully."
}

Create Document

Create a document in a Cloud Firestore collection | key: createDocument

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Data
data
/ Required
Key Value List
data
Provide a key value pair that represents your data.
 
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 

{
"data": {
"id": "",
"path": ""
}
}

Delete Document

Remove a document from a Cloud Firestore collection | key: deleteDocument

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Document
string
/ Required
document
Provide a string value for the unique identifier of the document.
/path/to/destination/file.txt
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 

Get Document

Get the contents of a document in a Cloud Firestore collection | key: getDocument

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Document
string
/ Required
document
Provide a string value for the unique identifier of the document.
/path/to/destination/file.txt
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 

{
"data": {
"data": {},
"id": "",
"createTime": "2021-08-25T00:00:00.000Z",
"updateTime": "2021-08-25T00:00:00.000Z",
"exists": true,
"readTime": "2021-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"
}
}

List Collections

List all collections in a Cloud Firestore database | key: listCollections

InputNotes
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 

{}

List Documents

List all documents in a Cloud Firestore collection | key: listDocuments

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 
Order By
string
orderBy
Provide a string value for the field to order by.
Name
Query Operators
code
queryOperatorCode
 

{
"data": [
{
"id": "",
"path": "",
"data": {}
}
]
}

Remove Field

Completely removes a field from a given document (may not work on a field with a null value) | key: removeField

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Document
string
/ Required
document
Provide a string value for the unique identifier of the document.
/path/to/destination/file.txt
Field To Remove
string
/ Required
fieldToRemove
Provide a string value for the name of the field you would like to remove from the document.
firstName
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 

{
"data": {}
}

Update Document

Updates a document in a Cloud Firestore collection | key: updateDocument

InputNotesExample
Collection
string
/ Required
collection
Provide a string value for the collection name.
Customers
Data
data
/ Required
Key Value List
data
Provide a key value pair that represents your data.
 
Document
string
/ Required
document
Provide a string value for the unique identifier of the document.
/path/to/destination/file.txt
Connection
connection
/ Required
firebaseConnection
 
 

When updating a document, you can specify any number of optional fields to be changed. However, if you would like to unset a value but keep the field, you must pass an unbound input (null, undefined) by using something like the code component or a previous step result. This will result in the field's value becoming null or unset in the document. If you wanted to completely remove this field from the document, you must use the removeField action.

{}