Updating a Firestore document in a transaction

Updating a Firestore document in a transaction

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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. 

DocumentReference cityRef = db.Collection("cities").Document("SF");
await db.RunTransactionAsync(async transaction =>
{
    DocumentSnapshot snapshot = await transaction.GetSnapshotAsync(cityRef);
    long newPopulation = snapshot.GetValue<long>("Population") + 1;
    Dictionary<string, object> updates = new Dictionary<string, object>
    {
        { "Population", newPopulation}
    };
    transaction.Update(cityRef, updates);
});

Go

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


import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"cloud.google.com/go/firestore"
)

func runSimpleTransaction(ctx context.Context, client *firestore.Client) error {
	// ...

	ref := client.Collection("cities").Doc("SF")
	err := client.RunTransaction(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, tx *firestore.Transaction) error {
		doc, err := tx.Get(ref) // tx.Get, NOT ref.Get!
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		pop, err := doc.DataAt("population")
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return tx.Set(ref, map[string]interface{}{
			"population": pop.(int64) + 1,
		}, firestore.MergeAll)
	})
	if err != nil {
		// Handle any errors appropriately in this section.
		log.Printf("An error has occurred: %s", err)
	}

	return err
}

Java

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

// Initialize doc
final DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
City city = new City("SF");
city.setCountry("USA");
city.setPopulation(860000L);
docRef.set(city).get();

// run an asynchronous transaction
ApiFuture<Void> futureTransaction =
    db.runTransaction(
        transaction -> {
          // retrieve document and increment population field
          DocumentSnapshot snapshot = transaction.get(docRef).get();
          long oldPopulation = snapshot.getLong("population");
          transaction.update(docRef, "population", oldPopulation + 1);
          return null;
        });
// block on transaction operation using transaction.get()

Node.js

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

// Initialize document
const cityRef = db.collection('cities').doc('SF');
await cityRef.set({
  name: 'San Francisco',
  state: 'CA',
  country: 'USA',
  capital: false,
  population: 860000
});

try {
  await db.runTransaction(async (t) => {
    const doc = await t.get(cityRef);

    // Add one person to the city population.
    // Note: this could be done without a transaction
    //       by updating the population using FieldValue.increment()
    const newPopulation = doc.data().population + 1;
    t.update(cityRef, {population: newPopulation});
  });

  console.log('Transaction success!');
} catch (e) {
  console.log('Transaction failure:', e);
}

PHP

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

$cityRef = $db->collection('samples/php/cities')->document('SF');
$db->runTransaction(function (Transaction $transaction) use ($cityRef) {
    $snapshot = $transaction->snapshot($cityRef);
    $newPopulation = $snapshot['population'] + 1;
    $transaction->update($cityRef, [
        ['path' => 'population', 'value' => $newPopulation]
    ]);
});

Python

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

transaction = db.transaction()
city_ref = db.collection("cities").document("SF")

@firestore.transactional
def update_in_transaction(transaction, city_ref):
    snapshot = city_ref.get(transaction=transaction)
    transaction.update(city_ref, {"population": snapshot.get("population") + 1})

update_in_transaction(transaction, city_ref)

Ruby

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

city_ref = firestore.doc "#{collection_path}/SF"

firestore.transaction do |tx|
  new_population = tx.get(city_ref).data[:population] + 1
  puts "New population is #{new_population}."
  tx.update city_ref, { population: new_population }
end

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