Monitor query result changes with Firestore Watch

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Code sample

C#

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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);
    }
});

Go

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/firestore"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
)

// listenMultiple listens to a query, returning the names of all cities
// for a state.
func listenMultiple(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, projectID, collection string) error {
	// projectID := "project-id"
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
	defer cancel()

	client, err := firestore.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("firestore.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	it := client.Collection(collection).Where("state", "==", "CA").Snapshots(ctx)
	for {
		snap, err := it.Next()
		// DeadlineExceeded will be returned when ctx is cancelled.
		if status.Code(err) == codes.DeadlineExceeded {
			return nil
		}
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("Snapshots.Next: %w", err)
		}
		if snap != nil {
			for {
				doc, err := snap.Documents.Next()
				if err == iterator.Done {
					break
				}
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("Documents.Next: %w", err)
				}
				fmt.Fprintf(w, "Current cities in California: %v\n", doc.Ref.ID)
			}
		}
	}
}

Java

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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);
          }
        });

Node.js

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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

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

Python

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


# Create an Event for notifying main thread.
callback_done = threading.Event()

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

col_query = db.collection("cities").where(filter=FieldFilter("state", "==", "CA"))

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

Ruby

To authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

query = firestore.col(collection_path).where :state, :==, "CA"
docs = []

# Watch the collection query.
listener = query.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "Callback received query snapshot."
  puts "Current cities in California:"
  snapshot.docs.each do |doc|
    puts doc.document_id
    docs << doc
  end
end

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