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.

Firebase 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.

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

Actions

Create Document

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

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

Output Example Payload

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

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Delete Document

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

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

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Get document

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

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

Output Example Payload

{  "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"  }}

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List Collections

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

Input	Notes
Input Connection connection / Required	Notes

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List Documents

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

Input	Notes	Example
Input Collection string / Required	Notes Provide a string value for the collection name.	Example Customers
Input Connection connection / Required	Notes	Example

Output Example Payload

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

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Remove Field

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

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

Output Example Payload

{  "data": {}}

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Update Document

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

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

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.

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