Getting realtime updates

You can listen to a document with the onSnapshot() method. An initial call using the callback you provide creates a document snapshot immediately with the current contents of the single document. Then, each time the contents change, another call updates the document snapshot.

Note: Realtime listeners are not supported in the PHP client library.

Web

db.collection("cities").doc("SF")
    .onSnapshot(function(doc) {
        console.log("Current data: ", doc.data());
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

db.collection("cities").document("SF")
    .addSnapshotListener { documentSnapshot, error in
      guard let document = documentSnapshot else {
        print("Error fetching document: \(error!)")
        return
      }
      guard let data = document.data() else {
        print("Document data was empty.")
        return
      }
      print("Current data: \(data)")
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"SF"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (snapshot == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error fetching document: %@", error);
        return;
      }
      NSLog(@"Current data: %@", snapshot.data);
    }];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

final DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
docRef.addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onEvent(@Nullable DocumentSnapshot snapshot,
                        @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
        if (e != null) {
            Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e);
            return;
        }

        if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Current data: " + snapshot.getData());
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "Current data: null");
        }
    }
});
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")
docRef.addSnapshotListener { snapshot, e ->
    if (e != null) {
        Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e)
        return@addSnapshotListener
    }

    if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Current data: ${snapshot.data}")
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "Current data: null")
    }
}
DocSnippets.kt

Java

DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
docRef.addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
  @Override
  public void onEvent(@Nullable DocumentSnapshot snapshot,
                      @Nullable FirestoreException e) {
    if (e != null) {
      System.err.println("Listen failed: " + e);
      return;
    }

    if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
      System.out.println("Current data: " + snapshot.getData());
    } else {
      System.out.print("Current data: null");
    }
  }
});
ListenDataSnippets.java

Python

# Create a callback on_snapshot function to capture changes
def on_snapshot(doc_snapshot, changes, read_time):
    for doc in doc_snapshot:
        print(u'Received document snapshot: {}'.format(doc.id))

doc_ref = db.collection(u'cities').document(u'SF')

# Watch the document
doc_watch = doc_ref.on_snapshot(on_snapshot)
snippets.py

Node.js

let doc = db.collection('cities').doc('SF');

let observer = doc.onSnapshot(docSnapshot => {
  console.log(`Received doc snapshot: ${docSnapshot}`);
  // ...
}, err => {
  console.log(`Encountered error: ${err}`);
});
index.js

Go

// Snippet coming soon

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

DocumentReference docRef = db.Collection("cities").Document("SF");
FirestoreChangeListener listener = docRef.Listen(snapshot =>
{
    Console.WriteLine("Callback received document snapshot.");
    Console.WriteLine("Document exists? {0}", snapshot.Exists);
    if (snapshot.Exists)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Document data for {0} document:", snapshot.Id);
        Dictionary<string, object> city = snapshot.ToDictionary();
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> pair in city)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", pair.Key, pair.Value);
        }
    }
});
Program.cs

Ruby

// Snippet coming soon

Events for local changes

Local writes in your app will invoke snapshot listeners immediately. This is because of an important feature called "latency compensation." When you perform a write, your listeners will be notified with the new data before the data is sent to the backend.

Retrieved documents have a metadata.hasPendingWrites property that indicates whether the document has local changes that haven't been written to the backend yet. You can use this property to determine the source of events received by your snapshot listener:

Web

db.collection("cities").doc("SF")
    .onSnapshot(function(doc) {
        var source = doc.metadata.hasPendingWrites ? "Local" : "Server";
        console.log(source, " data: ", doc.data());
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

db.collection("cities").document("SF")
    .addSnapshotListener { documentSnapshot, error in
        guard let document = documentSnapshot else {
            print("Error fetching document: \(error!)")
            return
        }
        let source = document.metadata.hasPendingWrites ? "Local" : "Server"
        print("\(source) data: \(document.data() ?? [:])")
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"SF"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (snapshot == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error fetching document: %@", error);
        return;
      }
      NSString *source = snapshot.metadata.hasPendingWrites ? @"Local" : @"Server";
      NSLog(@"%@ data: %@", source, snapshot.data);
    }];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

final DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
docRef.addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onEvent(@Nullable DocumentSnapshot snapshot,
                        @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
        if (e != null) {
            Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e);
            return;
        }

        String source = snapshot != null && snapshot.getMetadata().hasPendingWrites()
                ? "Local" : "Server";

        if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
            Log.d(TAG, source + " data: " + snapshot.getData());
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, source + " data: null");
        }
    }
});
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")
docRef.addSnapshotListener { snapshot, e ->
    if (e != null) {
        Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e)
        return@addSnapshotListener
    }

    val source = if (snapshot != null && snapshot.metadata.hasPendingWrites())
        "Local"
    else
        "Server"

    if (snapshot != null && snapshot.exists()) {
        Log.d(TAG, "$source data: ${snapshot.data}")
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "$source data: null")
    }
}
DocSnippets.kt

Java

# Not yet supported in the Java client library

Python

// Not yet supported in Python client library

Node.js

// Not yet supported in the Node.js client library

Go

// Not yet supported in the Go client library

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

// Not yet supported in the C# client library

Ruby

// Not yet supported in the Ruby client library

Events for metadata changes

When listening for changes to a document, collection, or query, you can pass options to control the granularity of events that your listener will receive.

By default, listeners are not notified of changes that only affect metadata. Consider what happens when your app writes a new document:

1. A change event is immediately fired with the new data. The document has not yet been written to the backend so the "pending writes" flag is true.
2. The document is written to the backend.
3. The backend notifies the client of the successful write. There is no change to the document data, but there is a metadata change because the "pending writes" flag is now false.

If you want to receive snapshot events when the document or query metadata changes, pass a listen options object when attaching your listener:

Web

db.collection("cities").doc("SF")
    .onSnapshot({
        // Listen for document metadata changes
        includeMetadataChanges: true
    }, function(doc) {
        // ...
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

// Listen to document metadata.
db.collection("cities").document("SF")
    .addSnapshotListener(includeMetadataChanges: true) { documentSnapshot, error in
        // ...
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

// Listen for metadata changes.
[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"SF"]
    addSnapshotListenerWithIncludeMetadataChanges:YES
                                         listener:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
   // ...
}];
ViewController.m

Java
Android

// Listen for metadata changes to the document.
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
docRef.addSnapshotListener(MetadataChanges.INCLUDE, new EventListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onEvent(@Nullable DocumentSnapshot snapshot,
                        @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
        // ...
    }
});
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

// Listen for metadata changes to the document.
val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")
docRef.addSnapshotListener(MetadataChanges.INCLUDE) { snapshot, e ->
    // ...
}
DocSnippets.kt

Java

// Not yet supported in the Java client library

Python

// Not yet supported in Python client library

Node.js

// Not yet supported the Node.js client library

Go

// Not yet supported in the Go client library

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

// Not yet supported in the C# client library

Ruby

// Not yet supported in the Ruby client library

Note: If you just want to know when your write has completed, you can listen to the completion callback rather than using hasPendingWrites. In JavaScript, use the Promise returned from your write operation by attaching a .then() callback. In Swift, pass a completion callback to your write function.

Listen to multiple documents in a collection

As with documents, you can use onSnapshot() instead of get() to listen to the results of a query. This creates a query snapshot. For example, to listen to the documents with state CA:

Web

db.collection("cities").where("state", "==", "CA")
    .onSnapshot(function(querySnapshot) {
        var cities = [];
        querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
            cities.push(doc.data().name);
        });
        console.log("Current cities in CA: ", cities.join(", "));
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

db.collection("cities").whereField("state", isEqualTo: "CA")
    .addSnapshotListener { querySnapshot, error in
        guard let documents = querySnapshot?.documents else {
            print("Error fetching documents: \(error!)")
            return
        }
        let cities = documents.map { $0["name"]! }
        print("Current cities in CA: \(cities)")
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] queryWhereField:@"state" isEqualTo:@"CA"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (snapshot == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error fetching documents: %@", error);
        return;
      }
      NSMutableArray *cities = [NSMutableArray array];
      for (FIRDocumentSnapshot *document in snapshot.documents) {
        [cities addObject:document.data[@"name"]];
      }
      NSLog(@"Current cities in CA: %@", cities);
    }];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot value,
                                @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
                if (e != null) {
                    Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e);
                    return;
                }

                List<String> cities = new ArrayList<>();
                for (QueryDocumentSnapshot doc : value) {
                    if (doc.get("name") != null) {
                        cities.add(doc.getString("name"));
                    }
                }
                Log.d(TAG, "Current cites in CA: " + cities);
            }
        });
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .addSnapshotListener { value, e ->
            if (e != null) {
                Log.w(TAG, "Listen failed.", e)
                return@addSnapshotListener
            }

            val cities = ArrayList<String>()
            for (doc in value!!) {
                doc.getString("name")?.let {
                    cities.add(it)
                }
            }
            Log.d(TAG, "Current cites in CA: $cities")
        }
DocSnippets.kt

Java

db.collection("cities")
    .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
    .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
      @Override
      public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot snapshots,
                          @Nullable FirestoreException e) {
        if (e != null) {
          System.err.println("Listen failed:" + e);
          return;
        }

        List<String> cities = new ArrayList<>();
        for (DocumentSnapshot doc : snapshots) {
          if (doc.get("name") != null) {
            cities.add(doc.getString("name"));
          }
        }
        System.out.println("Current cites in CA: " + cities);
      }
    });
ListenDataSnippets.java

Python

# Create a callback on_snapshot function to capture changes
def on_snapshot(col_snapshot, changes, read_time):
    print(u'Callback received query snapshot.')
    print(u'Current cities in California:')
    for doc in col_snapshot:
        print(u'{}'.format(doc.id))

col_query = db.collection(u'cities').where(u'state', u'==', u'CA')

# Watch the collection query
query_watch = col_query.on_snapshot(on_snapshot)
snippets.py

Node.js

let query = db.collection('cities').where('state', '==', 'CA');

let observer = query.onSnapshot(querySnapshot => {
  console.log(`Received query snapshot of size ${querySnapshot.size}`);
  // ...
}, err => {
  console.log(`Encountered error: ${err}`);
});
index.js

Go

// Snippet coming soon

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

CollectionReference citiesRef = db.Collection("cities");
Query query = db.Collection("cities").WhereEqualTo("State", "CA");

FirestoreChangeListener listener = query.Listen(snapshot =>
{
    Console.WriteLine("Callback received query snapshot.");
    Console.WriteLine("Current cities in California:");
    foreach (DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot in snapshot.Documents)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(documentSnapshot.Id);
    }
});
Program.cs

Ruby

// Snippet coming soon

The snapshot handler will receive a new query snapshot every time the query results change (that is, when a document is added, removed, or modified).

Important: As explained above under Events for local changes, you will receive events immediately for your local writes. Your listener can use the metadata.hasPendingWrites field on each document to determine whether the document has local changes that have not yet been written to the backend.

View changes between snapshots

It is often useful to see the actual changes to query results between query snapshots, instead of simply using the entire query snapshot. For example, you may want to maintain a cache as individual documents are added, removed, and modified.

Web

db.collection("cities").where("state", "==", "CA")
    .onSnapshot(function(snapshot) {
        snapshot.docChanges().forEach(function(change) {
            if (change.type === "added") {
                console.log("New city: ", change.doc.data());
            }
            if (change.type === "modified") {
                console.log("Modified city: ", change.doc.data());
            }
            if (change.type === "removed") {
                console.log("Removed city: ", change.doc.data());
            }
        });
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

db.collection("cities").whereField("state", isEqualTo: "CA")
    .addSnapshotListener { querySnapshot, error in
        guard let snapshot = querySnapshot else {
            print("Error fetching snapshots: \(error!)")
            return
        }
        snapshot.documentChanges.forEach { diff in
            if (diff.type == .added) {
                print("New city: \(diff.document.data())")
            }
            if (diff.type == .modified) {
                print("Modified city: \(diff.document.data())")
            }
            if (diff.type == .removed) {
                print("Removed city: \(diff.document.data())")
            }
        }
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] queryWhereField:@"state" isEqualTo:@"CA"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (snapshot == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error fetching documents: %@", error);
        return;
      }
      for (FIRDocumentChange *diff in snapshot.documentChanges) {
        if (diff.type == FIRDocumentChangeTypeAdded) {
          NSLog(@"New city: %@", diff.document.data);
        }
        if (diff.type == FIRDocumentChangeTypeModified) {
          NSLog(@"Modified city: %@", diff.document.data);
        }
        if (diff.type == FIRDocumentChangeTypeRemoved) {
          NSLog(@"Removed city: %@", diff.document.data);
        }
      }
    }];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot snapshots,
                                @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
                if (e != null) {
                    Log.w(TAG, "listen:error", e);
                    return;
                }

                for (DocumentChange dc : snapshots.getDocumentChanges()) {
                    switch (dc.getType()) {
                        case ADDED:
                            Log.d(TAG, "New city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
                            break;
                        case MODIFIED:
                            Log.d(TAG, "Modified city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
                            break;
                        case REMOVED:
                            Log.d(TAG, "Removed city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
                            break;
                    }
                }

            }
        });
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
        .addSnapshotListener { snapshots, e ->
            if (e != null) {
                Log.w(TAG, "listen:error", e)
                return@addSnapshotListener
            }

            for (dc in snapshots!!.documentChanges) {
                when (dc.type) {
                    DocumentChange.Type.ADDED -> Log.d(TAG, "New city: ${dc.document.data}")
                    DocumentChange.Type.MODIFIED -> Log.d(TAG, "Modified city: ${dc.document.data}")
                    DocumentChange.Type.REMOVED -> Log.d(TAG, "Removed city: ${dc.document.data}")
                }
            }
        }
DocSnippets.kt

Java

db.collection("cities")
    .whereEqualTo("state", "CA")
    .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
      @Override
      public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot snapshots,
                          @Nullable FirestoreException e) {
        if (e != null) {
          System.err.println("Listen failed: " + e);
          return;
        }

        for (DocumentChange dc : snapshots.getDocumentChanges()) {
          switch (dc.getType()) {
            case ADDED:
              System.out.println("New city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
              break;
            case MODIFIED:
              System.out.println("Modified city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
              break;
            case REMOVED:
              System.out.println("Removed city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
              break;
            default:
              break;
          }
        }
      }
    });
ListenDataSnippets.java

Python

# Create a callback on_snapshot function to capture changes
def on_snapshot(col_snapshot, changes, read_time):
    print(u'Callback received query snapshot.')
    print(u'Current cities in California: ')
    for change in changes:
        if change.type.name == 'ADDED':
            print(u'New city: {}'.format(change.document.id))
        elif change.type.name == 'MODIFIED':
            print(u'Modified city: {}'.format(change.document.id))
        elif change.type.name == 'REMOVED':
            print(u'Removed city: {}'.format(change.document.id))

col_query = db.collection(u'cities').where(u'state', u'==', u'CA')

# Watch the collection query
query_watch = col_query.on_snapshot(on_snapshot)
snippets.py

Node.js

let observer = db.collection('cities').where('state', '==', 'CA')
  .onSnapshot(querySnapshot => {
    querySnapshot.docChanges().forEach(change => {
      if (change.type === 'added') {
        console.log('New city: ', change.doc.data());
      }
      if (change.type === 'modified') {
        console.log('Modified city: ', change.doc.data());
      }
      if (change.type === 'removed') {
        console.log('Removed city: ', change.doc.data());
      }
    });
  });
index.js

Go

// Snippet coming soon

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

CollectionReference citiesRef = db.Collection("cities");
Query query = db.Collection("cities").WhereEqualTo("State", "CA");

FirestoreChangeListener listener = query.Listen(snapshot =>
{
    foreach (DocumentChange change in snapshot.Changes)
    {
        if (change.ChangeType.ToString() == "Added")
        {
            Console.WriteLine("New city: {0}", change.Document.Id);
        }
        else if (change.ChangeType.ToString() == "Modified")
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Modified city: {0}", change.Document.Id);
        }
        else if (change.ChangeType.ToString() == "Removed")
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Removed city: {0}", change.Document.Id);
        }
    }
});
Program.cs

Ruby

// Snippet coming soon

Important: The first query snapshot contains added events for all existing documents that match the query. This is because you're getting a set of changes that bring your query snapshot current with the initial state of the query. This allows you, for instance, to directly populate your UI from the changes you receive in the first query snapshot, without needing to add special logic for handling the initial state.

The initial state can come from the server directly, or from a local cache. If there is state available in a local cache, the query snapshot will be initially populated with the cached data, then updated with the server's data when the client has caught up with the server's state.

Detach a listener

When you are no longer interested in listening to your data, you must detach your listener so that your event callbacks stop getting called. This allows the client to stop using bandwidth to receive updates. For example:

Web

var unsubscribe = db.collection("cities")
    .onSnapshot(function (){
      // Respond to data
      // ...
    });

// Later ...

// Stop listening to changes
unsubscribe();
test.firestore.js

Swift

let listener = db.collection("cities").addSnapshotListener { querySnapshot, error in
    // ...
}

// ...

// Stop listening to changes
listener.remove()
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

id<FIRListenerRegistration> listener = [[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      // ...
}];

// ...

// Stop listening to changes
[listener remove];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

Query query = db.collection("cities");
ListenerRegistration registration = query.addSnapshotListener(
        new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            // ...
        });

// ...

// Stop listening to changes
registration.remove();
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

val query = db.collection("cities")
val registration = query.addSnapshotListener { snapshots, e ->
    // ...
}

// ...

// Stop listening to changes
registration.remove()
DocSnippets.kt

Java

Query query = db.collection("cities");
ListenerRegistration registration = query.addSnapshotListener(
    new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
      // ...
    });

// ...

// Stop listening to changes
registration.remove();
ListenDataSnippets.java

Python

# Terminate watch on a document
doc_watch.unsubscribe()
snippets.py

Node.js

let unsub = db.collection('cities').onSnapshot(() => {
});

// ...

// Stop listening for changes
unsub();
index.js

Go

// Snippet coming soon

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

await listener.StopAsync();
Program.cs

Ruby

// Snippet coming soon

Handle listen errors

A listen may occasionally fail — for example, due to security permissions, or if you tried to listen on an invalid query. (Learn more about valid and invalid queries.) To handle these failures, you can provide an error callback when you attach your snapshot listener. After an error, the listener will not receive any more events, and there is no need to detach your listener.

Web

db.collection("cities")
    .onSnapshot(function(snapshot) {
        //...
    }, function(error) {
        //...
    });
test.firestore.js

Swift

db.collection("cities")
    .addSnapshotListener { querySnapshot, error in
        if let error = error {
            print("Error retreiving collection: \(error)")
        }
    }
ViewController.swift

Objective-C

[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"]
    addSnapshotListener:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (error != nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error retreving collection: %@", error);
      }
    }];
ViewController.m
  

Java
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot snapshots,
                                @Nullable FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
                if (e != null) {
                    Log.w(TAG, "listen:error", e);
                    return;
                }

                for (DocumentChange dc : snapshots.getDocumentChanges()) {
                    if (dc.getType() == Type.ADDED) {
                        Log.d(TAG, "New city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
                    }
                }

            }
        });
DocSnippets.java

Kotlin
Android

db.collection("cities")
        .addSnapshotListener { snapshots, e ->
            if (e != null) {
                Log.w(TAG, "listen:error", e)
                return@addSnapshotListener
            }

            for (dc in snapshots!!.documentChanges) {
                if (dc.type == DocumentChange.Type.ADDED) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "New city: ${dc.document.data}")
                }
            }
        }
DocSnippets.kt

Java

db.collection("cities")
    .addSnapshotListener(new EventListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
      @Override
      public void onEvent(@Nullable QuerySnapshot snapshots,
                          @Nullable FirestoreException e) {
        if (e != null) {
          System.err.println("Listen failed: " + e);
          return;
        }

        for (DocumentChange dc : snapshots.getDocumentChanges()) {
          if (dc.getType() == Type.ADDED) {
            System.out.println("New city: " + dc.getDocument().getData());
          }
        }
      }
    });
ListenDataSnippets.java

Python

// Snippet coming soon

Node.js

db.collection('cities')
  .onSnapshot((snapshot) => {
    //...
  }, (error) => {
    //...
  });
index.js

Go

// Snippet coming soon

PHP

// Not supported in the PHP client library

C#

// Snippet coming soon

Ruby

// Snippet coming soon

What's next

• Combine listeners with simple and compound queries.
• Order and limit the documents retrieved.
• Understand billing for listeners.