Create a Firestore document reference from a document path

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Create a Firestore document reference from a document path

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Code sample

C#

DocumentReference documentRef = db.Document("users/alovelace");

Go

// Reference to a document with id "alovelace" in the collection "users"
alovelaceRef := client.Doc("users/alovelace")

Java

// Reference to a document with id "alovelace" in the collection "users"
DocumentReference document = db.document("users/alovelace");

Node.js

const alovelaceDocumentRef = db.doc('users/alovelace');

PHP

$document = $db->document('users/alovelace');

Python

a_lovelace_ref = db.document(u'users/alovelace')

Ruby

document_path_ref = firestore.doc "users/alovelace"

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