How to get all items from subcollection Firebase Firestore Vue - firebase

Question

How do I get all the comments from the subcollection?
This is mine reusable function to get comments collection.
import { ref, watchEffect } from 'vue';
import { projectFirestore } from '../firebase/config';
const getCollection = (collection, id, subcollection) => {
const comments = ref(null);
const error = ref(null);
// register the firestore collection reference
let collectionRef = projectFirestore
.collection(collection)
.doc(id)
.collection(subcollection);
const unsub = collectionRef.onSnapshot(
snap => {
let results = [];
snap.docs.forEach(doc => {
doc.data().createdAt && results.push(doc.data());
});
// update values
comments.value = results;
error.value = null;
},
err => {
console.log(err.message);
comments.value = null;
error.value = 'could not fetch the data';
}
);
watchEffect(onInvalidate => {
onInvalidate(() => unsub());
});
return { error, comments };
};
export default getCollection;
And this is mine Comments.vue where i passing arguments in setup() function (composition API)
const { comments } = getAllComments('posts', props.id, 'comments');
When i console.log(comments) its null, in snapshot doc.data() is good but somehow results too is empty array even if i push doc.data() to results array and pass it to comments.value.
Can someone help me how to get that subcollection?
This is my Comment.vue component
export default {
props: ['id'],
setup(props) {
const { user } = getUser();
const content = ref('');
const { comments } = getAllComments('posts', props.id, 'comments');
const ownership = computed(() => {
return (
comments.value && user.value && user.value.uid == comments.value.userId
);
});
console.log(comments.value);
}
return { user, content, handleComment, comments, ownership };
},
};

Answer 1

const getCollection = (collection, id, subcollection) => {
const comments = ref(null);
const error = ref(null);
// Firestore listener
return { error, comments };
}
The initial value of comments here is null and since Firebase operations are asynchronous, it can take a while before the data loads and hence it'll log null. If you are using comments in v-for then that might throw an error.
It'll be best if you set initial value to an empty array so it'll not throw any error while the data loads:
const comments = ref([]);
Additionally, if you are fetching once, use .get() instead of onSnapshot()