Getting Started with Cloud Firestore with Node.js - Firecasts

In this episode of Firecasts, Jen Person shows you how to get started using the Firebase Admin SDK to read and write data with Cloud Firestore. The Firebase Admin SDK is shown for Node. js, but Java, Python, & Go are also supported. If you're interested in learning more, be sure to check out the links below!

[nixon]

if you are a beginner like me, and just want this to get the code up and running, note that the getQuote() code is not provided, and it won't work if you strictly follow the video. To make it work replace the getQuote() stuff with this:

function getQuote() {
const quoteData = {
quote: "random",
author: "String"
};
return => {
console.log("new quote was written to the database");})
}

getQuote();

[mateja]

Awesome firecast, Jen! Can you continue where you left off an implement push notifications, that'd be super cool!

[JohnSmith-rnvl]

I am learning node ... and i don't find these short burst tutorials all that useful. I have followed several and built various mini firebase apps but always end up with more questions than answers.
It would be great if you could show how to use firebase to build an incredibly simple app which covers everything you need to build a real world app. Including authentication, crud, jwt and whatever other essential features are required to build and app these days.

[tomscanlan]

Can we get a Cloud Firestore security rules lesson.

[Lovedeep]

Thank you, this is what I was looking for!!

[TheNamesJT]

I'm confused, using this method would I still need to host my server? since i'm using express locally would rather have the server and database together on firebase. if this isn't the video for my needs please comment on which video I should watch to do what i'm asking.

[djbravo]

Can firebase-admin sdk override firestore rules?

Suppose I have an app and to fetch, update or delete data from it, you have to be the perticular document's creator. If I try to change the document using firebase-admin sdk, will that deny my approach? Or I can break every rules and change the document without being owner of it?

[parasmanikc]

Great Video! Should've also shown the getQuote(), that would have made following along easier, though I tried with simple dummy data and it worked.

[camillo]

I was missing the credentials... thank you for this!

[zajdoszabolcs]

You can find the code here based on the video:

[planetmall]

Thank you this helped me. It was a little fast and maybe not as practical (using more UI might help) to follow along with. This did help me accomplish this task.

[lukecross]

Admin sdk can't access direct method storage? To delete a image file from url download.

[DiegoJaraPalomino]

Should be this the approach to migrate mi data(from other services) to Firestore?

[danielflores]

I will try this approach for my next project, thanks Jen

[doniyorotamurodov]

Thank u so much for this video! I couldn't run "firebase serve".

[aviralsaxena]

How do I delete documents of an collection that meet specific conditions via the where statement?

[Henry]

Help!! i get the error: "ReferenceError: getQuote is not defined"

[praveenkumarax]

Just one point: Once you read doc().then(doc), you get the value with "doc.data()"

[jaronfort]

How do you return a promise from getQuote() ?

[AmsaAce]

Say if multiple doc.set operations occur a second, does firebase guarantee that all of the clients will see every single change? e.g. if called a 1000 times a second, would each client receive 1000 quotes a second.