I have an app where I want to check if there is a contact with a certain uid.
The problem:
The uid I want to check is nested in a map that is in an array.
The Firestore document looks like this:
I thought so far something like this:
var data = await FirebaseFirestore.instance
.collection("user_contacts")
.doc(FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser.uid)
.get();
if(data.data()["contacts"].contains({"uid": myUid, "date": myDate})){
...
}
But I don't have the date. Is there any other way?
Thanks for help!
I would personally recommend that you try and stay away from arrays within your documents especially if they are going to grow to hundreds of names long. If not careful you could be pulling in unnecessary data on every call.
If you were to change your implementation I would recommend creating a subcollection.
With your current implementation you could use this function:
const exists= (arr, val) => {
for(let i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
return arr[i]['uid'] == val;
};
}
where arr is data.data()["contacts"] and val is your desired uid
Related
I'm using flutter and firebase. I use pagination, max 5 documents per page. How do I know if there are more documents left to get from a firestore collection. I want to use this information to enable/disable a next page button presented to the user.
limit: 5 (5 documents each time)
orderBy: "date" (newest first)
startAfterDocument: latestDocument (just a variable that holds the latest document)
This is how I fetch the documents.
collection.limit(5).orderBy("date", descending: true).startAfterDocument(latestDocument).get()
I thought about checking if the number of docs received from firestore is equal to 5, then assume there are more docs to get. But this will not work if I there are a total of n * 5 docs in the collection.
I thought about getting the last document in the collection and store this and compare this to every doc in the batches I get, if there is a match then I know I've reach the end, but this means one excess read.
Or maybe I could keep on getting docs until I get an empty list and assume I've reached the end of the collection.
I still feel there are a much better solution to this.
Let me know if you need more info, this is my first question on this account.
There is no flag in the response to indicate there are more documents. The common solution is to request one more document than you need/display, and then use the presence of that last document as an indicator that there are more documents.
This is also what the database would have to do to include such a flag in its response, which is probably why this isn't an explicit option in the SDK.
You might also want to check the documentation on keeping a distributed count of the number of documents in a collection as that's another way to determine whether you need to enable the UI to load a next page.
here's a way to get a large data from firebase collection
let latestDoc = null; // this is to store the last doc from a query
//result
const dataArr = []; // this is to store the data getting from firestore
let loadMore = true; // this is to check if there's more data or no
const initialQuery = async () => {
const first = db
.collection("recipes-test")
.orderBy("title")
.startAfter(latestDoc || 0)
.limit(10);
const data = await first.get();
data.docs.forEach((doc) => {
// console.log("doc.data", doc.data());
dataArr.push(doc.data()); // pushing the data into the array
});
//! update latest doc
latestDoc = data.docs[data.docs.length - 1];
//! unattach event listeners if no more docs
if (data.empty) {
loadMore = false;
}
};
// running this through this function so we can actual await for the
//docs to get from firebase
const run = async () => {
// looping until we get all the docs
while (loadMore) {
console.log({ loadMore });
await initialQuery();
}
};
With Flutter and Firestore, I am trying to get more than 10 documents into a Stream<List>. I can do this with a .where clause on a collection mapping the QuerySnapshot. However, the 10 limit is a killer.
I'm using the provider package in my app. So, in building a stream in Flutter with a StreamProvider, I can return a
Stream<List<Map from the entire collection. too expensive. 200 plus docs on these collections and too many users. Need to get more efficient.
Stream<List<Map using a .where from a Collection that returns a Stream List 10 max on the list...doesn't cut the mustard.
Stream<Map from a Document, that returns 1 stream of 1 document.
I need something in between 1 and 2.
I have a Collection with up to 500 Documents, and the user will choose any possible combination of those 500 to view. The user assembles class rosters to view their lists of users.
So I'm looking for a way to get individual streams of, say 30 documents, and then compile them into a List: But I need this List<Stream<Map to be a Stream itself so each individual doc is live, and I can also filter and sort this list of Streams. I'm using the Provider Package, and if possible would like to stay consistent with that. Here's where I am currently stuck:
So, my current effort:
Future<Stream<List<AttendeeData>>> getStreams() async {
List<Stream<AttendeeData>> getStreamsOutput = [];
for (var i = 0; i < teacherRosterList.length; i++) {
Stream thisStream = await returnTeacherRosterListStream(facility, teacherRosterList[i]);
getStreamsOutput.add(thisStream);
}
return StreamZip(getStreamsOutput).asBroadcastStream();
}
Feels like I'm cheating below: I get an await error if I put the snapshot directly in Stream thisStream above as Stream is not a future if I await, and if I don't await, it moves too fast and gets a null error.
Future<Stream<AttendeeData>> returnTeacherRosterListStream(String thisFacility, String thisID) async {
return facilityList.doc(thisFacility).collection('attendance').doc(thisID).snapshots().map(_teacherRosterListFromSnapshot);
}
}
Example of how I'm mapping in _teacherRosterListFromSnapshot (not having any problem here):
AttendeeData _teacherRosterListFromSnapshot(DocumentSnapshot doc) {
// return snapshot.docs.map((doc) {
return AttendeeData(
id: doc.data()['id'] ?? '',
authorCreatedUID: doc.data()['authorCreatedUID'] ?? '',
);
}
My StreamProvider Logic and the error:
return MultiProvider(
providers: [
StreamProvider<List<AttendeeData>>.value(
value: DatabaseService(
teacherRosterList: programList,
facility: user.claimsFacility,
).getStreams()),
]
Error: The argument type 'Future<Stream<List>>' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'Stream<List>'.
AttendeeData is my Map Class name.
So, the summary of questions:
Can I even do this? I'm basically Streaming a List of Streams of Maps....is this a thing?
If I can, how do I do it?
a. I can't get this into the StreamProvider because getStreams is a Future...how can I overcome this?
I can get the data in using another method from StreamProvider, but it's not behaving like a Stream and the state isn't updating. i'm hoping to just get this into Provider, as I'm comfortable there, and I can manage state very easily that way. However, beggars can't be choosers.
Solved this myself, and since there is a dearth of good start to finish answers, I submit my example for the poor souls who come after me trying to learn these things on their own. I'm a beginner, so this was a slog:
Objective:
You have any number of docs in a collection and you want to submit a list of any number of docs by their doc number and return a single stream of a list of those mapped documents. You want more than 10 (firestore limit on .where query), less than all the docs...so somewhere between a QuerySnapshot and a DocumentSnapshot.
Solution: We're going to get a list of QuerySnapshots, we're going to combine them and map them and spit them out as a single stream. So we're getting 10each in chunks (the max) and then some odd number left over. I plug mine into a Provider so I can get it whenever and wherever I want.
So from my provider I call this as the Stream value:
Stream<List<AttendeeData>> filteredRosterList() {
var chunks = [];
for (var i = 0; i < teacherRosterList.length; i += 10) {
chunks.add(teacherRosterList.sublist(i, i + 10 > teacherRosterList.length ? teacherRosterList.length : i + 10));
} //break a list of whatever size into chunks of 10.
List<Stream<QuerySnapshot>> combineList = [];
for (var i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++) {
combineList.add(*[point to your collection]*.where('id', whereIn: chunks[i]).snapshots());
} //get a list of the streams, which will have 10 each.
CombineLatestStream<QuerySnapshot, List<QuerySnapshot>> mergedQuerySnapshot = CombineLatestStream.list(combineList);
//now we combine all the streams....but it'll be a list of QuerySnapshots.
//and you'll want to look closely at the map, as it iterates, consolidates and returns as a single stream of List<AttendeeData>
return mergedQuerySnapshot.map(rosterListFromTeacherListDocumentSnapshot);
}
Here's a look at how I mapped it for your reference (took out all the fields for brevity):
List<AttendeeData> rosterListFromTeacherListDocumentSnapshot(List<QuerySnapshot> snapshot) {
List<AttendeeData> listToReturn = [];
snapshot.forEach((element) {
listToReturn.addAll(element.docs.map((doc) {
return AttendeeData(
id: doc.data()['id'] ?? '',
authorCreatedUID: doc.data()['authorCreatedUID'] ?? '',
);
}).toList());
});
return listToReturn;
}
I am using a scheduled task in a Firebase Cloud Function to query an array which contains a number of objects that need to be updated if a matching condition exists. My current attempt is using the 'array-contains' method to get the objects, then loop over them to find a matching condition which will then batch update the items. This is my data structure:
I need to find an object that is <= the current time, and also if the 'active' value = false.
export const liveMeetingsTrigger = functions.runWith( { memory: '1GB' }).pubsub
.schedule('every 1 minutes').onRun(async context => {
const now = admin.firestore.Timestamp.now();
const liveMeetings = await admin.firestore().collection('fl_content').where('meeting', 'array-contains', 'liveMeetingDate').get();
const batch = admin.firestore().batch();
liveMeetings.forEach(doc => {
if(doc.data().liveMeetingDate <= now && doc.data().active == false){
batch.update(doc.ref,'active',true);
}
});
return await batch.commit();
});
I have also tried using an exact object in the query instead of just using 'liveMeetingDate', but still get no results back, any help would be great - thanks.
Debugging: As the array I am trying to reach is inside of the (map) object 'liveMeetings' i have tried the dot notation (liveMeetings.meeting) with no success. Also trying a new collection with the the 'meeting' array at top level has provided no success.
Simple logging in the console (liveMeetings.size) shows that nothing is being returned on the query, so therefore the logging does not even reach the loop in the code.
As explained in this anwser the following query will not work:
const liveMeetings = await admin.firestore().collection('fl_content').where('meeting', 'array-contains', 'liveMeetingDate').get();
because the meetings array contain some objects, instead of "simple" or primitive data (e.g. string, number...).
You could query it with the exact objects, like:
const obj = {active: false, liveMeetingDate: ..., meetingId: ..., ....};
const liveMeetings = await admin.firestore().collection('fl_content').where('meeting', 'array-contains', 'obj').get();
Another approach would be to create a new collection which contains the similar documents (same Document ID) but with a meeting Array that contains only the liveMeetingDate property.
Finally, note that since your Array is within a map, you need to do
await admin.firestore().collection('fl_content').where('liveMeetings.meeting', 'array-contains', ...).get();
(PS: I don't mark this question as duplicate since you expressly ask for more help in the comments of the duplicate question/answer)
I'm trying to use a Stream with a loop inside a StreamBuilder, but I'm only getting the first result.
I'm using this structure because I need to loop through an array of Items and get only the ones that contain that certain document in Firebase. Could someone please help me figure this out?
This is my Stream with the nested loop:
Stream getProductModels(list) {
var stream;
for(var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
stream = databaseReference
.collection('XXXX')
.where('XXXX', isEqualTo: list[i])
.snapshots();
}
return stream;
}
Actually you need to merge several streams into one stream.
There is a Flutter SDK for this.
https://pub.dev/packages/rxdart
You can use MergeStream or ZipStream.
Hope this is helpful for you.
I am trying to write a cloud function that will keep track of the amount of Documents in the Collection. There isn't a ton of documentation on this probably because of Firestore is so now.. so I was trying to think of the best way to do this.. this is the solution I come up with.. I can't figure out how to return the count
Document 1 -> Collection - > Documents
In Document 1 there would ideally store the Count of Documents in the Collection, but I can't seem to figure out how to relate this
Let's just assume Document1 is a Blog post and the subcollection is comments.
Trigger the function on comment doc create.
Read the parent doc and increment its existing count
Write the data to the parent doc.
Note: If your the count value changes faster than once-per-second, you may need a distributed counter https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/counters
exports.aggregateComments = functions.firestore
.document('posts/{postId}/comments/{commentId}')
.onCreate(event => {
const commentId = event.params.commentId;
const postId = event.params.postId;
// ref to the parent document
const docRef = admin.firestore().collection('posts').doc(postId)
return docRef.get().then(snap => {
// get the total comment count and add one
const commentCount = snap.data().commentCount + 1;
const data = { commentCount }
// run update
return docRef.update(data)
})
});
I put together a detailed firestore aggregation example if you need to run advanced aggregation calculations beyond a simple count.