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Allow field selections in client sdk's
Let's say I have an orders collection where each document represents a customer order.
I would like to be able to fetch and listen to only the names and dates of all orders and not get the whole document.
This would speed up a lot queries where not all fields are required and save bandwidth for users.
Since selection is already present in some server side SDK's I wonder if this could be enabled with a somewhat manageable effort.
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The ability too see when an index was last accessed
When a project grows to a certain size, you'll likely have many indexes with associated queries.
However, queries change, or get removed, and currently there's no way to see if an index could be safely removed, after a query is; which would be a great feature.
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FieldValue.min() and FieldValue.max()
Currently the Firestore API supports FieldValue.increment() to atomically increment or decrement a numeric value. I propose to add:
FieldValue.max(value): if the provided value is greater than the existing value on the server, then the field on the server takes this value. If it is less than the existing value, then the existing value remains.
FieldValue.min(value): (the opposite) if the provided value is less than the existing value on the server, then the field on the server takes this value. If it is greater than the existing value, then the existing value remains.
These operators should work on numeric fields AND…
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24 votes
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Encrypted Collections in Firestore
Ability to mark certain collections to be Encrypted so it's not readable even in the firebase console.
There are some application types that require this sort of behaviour to increase security.
Say you are building a messaging app, you would not want the messages between your users to be seen on the console.
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24 votes
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Allow updating multiple documents through a query
Many other databases have support for update queries, such as:
- Apply "x" update data to all docs matching "y" query
- Delete all docs matching "x" query
Maybe these queries would only count as 1 write per doc, as opposed to 1 read + 1 write. At the very least they would have better performance.
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Improve performance & speed of client side write
I've used both Firestore and MongoDB's Realm Device Sync. While Firestore works great in terms of scaling, the performance and speed for client side write is far behind realm, especially when client side is doing some batch writes.
Realm uses techniques like data compression and delta sync to reduce the data size when uploading (https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/sync/details/protocol/), I'd like to see Firestore doing the same and improve the performance of client side batch write.
Also, what I've noticed is that Firestore's client side write performance degrades a lot after some time being offline, this isn't great for apps that would…
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Support offline capabilities for mobile using React Native
I can see offline capabilities for mobile using Kotlin, Java, Swift and Objective-C. I am requesting offline support for React Native application.
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Add Creator User UID to the Collection Record Metadata
Will allow further security validation and early detection of security checks failures.
To give an example of why this is important,
I use a Firebase Collection as an API alternative, I create a task record that triggers a cloud function, it allows me to manage my resources effectively and provide partial updates, way more flexible than traditional REST, however with API I use bearer tokens to verify that the identity of the person creating the record and deciding if they are allowed or 401, without UID in record metadata I have to send the plain UID as a field in…2 votes -
Firestore hosting in South Africa
Make Firestore and Firebase hosting available on the new Johannesburg Cloud Region; this will greatly assist developers in launching apps within the continent and also assist with local data protection regulations.
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Raise the Firestore Rules Expression Limit
Raise the maximum expression limit for firestore rules to make more complex doc schema validation possible.
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Move documents and collections to a new location
Instead of making us create inefficient solutions/workarounds ourselves, it would be nice if a convenient API was provided for this functionality.
For example, transfer
col1/doc1/col2and all its children tocol1/doc2/col28 votes -
Create way to duplicate documents within firebase console so we can easily move them elsewhere
Sometimes it would be nice to have ability to use the console to Duplicate/Copy firestore documents and put them in different locations of the database.
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Add option to save a query in Firestore Query Builder
I have some queries that I perform frequently through Firestore Query Builder. It would be great to save queries to be able to run them with one click.
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It's impossible to import data into the emulator without first exporting, which is a backwards design
Developers should be able to use the CLI to easily pass in a path to a json file, whose contents may be imported into a firestore emulator collection. For instance:
firebase emulators:start --import ./data/import.json --collection=puzzles
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Provide a way to document and share models across platforms.
Afaik there is currently no standard way to a) document the structure and organization of Firestore collections and documents stored in a project expected by apps which use it, and b) share the model definition across languages and platforms. Instead, each client requires its own implementation of the app-specific model and conversion to/from Firestore's model which needs to be kept up-to-date as the system involves.
If there were a way to share this model (for ex. proto, JSON schema, other) and easily use it from Firestore APIs, it would reduce dev and maintenance cost and improve developer experience.
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Support deleting databases via the API
You cannot delete a Firestore database with the API; you must use the CLI if you want to do this programmatically. This is problematic as it means you essentially need to create a shell in your application, ensure the CLI is available, authenticate, and then make the required CLI call.
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Allow developers to use the local Firestore database for free
It'd be really nice if you could allow users to create local drafts, of small documents, for instance, and save them locally for free with Firestore.
This way you wouldn't have to coordinate Firestore and its rules with some other database and client code nor would you have to choose the simpler option of getting charged for writes and reads on remote database documents that really only one user is supposed to write and read.
Please note that while you could use the realtime database to save drafts, 1 it's not always easy to figure out whether that'd actually be…
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How to reduce reads for static data
I want to ask documentation on how to reduce the number of unnecessary reads. eg. my product data
let query = store.collection("products");
Assuming I have 500 products, one user click on get products = 500 reads ? If 100 users click that function, then all my quota is gone in 1 minute. Is that right?
How can I overcome this.
Please provide a full example. I have seen Mr Duckworth's presentation in a firebase event, but could not see a good example.
2 votes
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