Query a Firestore collection with a boolean eq filter
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PHP_EOL, $document-\u003eid());\n }\n\n### Python\n\n\nTo authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n cities_ref = db.collection(\"cities\")\n\n query = cities_ref.where(filter=FieldFilter(\"capital\", \"==\", True))\n\n### Ruby\n\n\nTo authenticate to Firestore, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n cities_ref = firestore.col collection_path\n\n query = cities_ref.where \"capital\", \"=\", true\n\n query.get do |city|\n puts \"Document #{city.document_id} returned by query capital=true.\"\n end\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=firestore)."]]