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Adam
Adam

Reputation: 325

Can you access Google Datastore from Firebase Hosting?

I have a Google Cloud Function populating Google Datastore and I would like to build a website on Firebase Hosting and ReactJS that visualizes this data. There is a lot of documentation on using Firebase Realtime Database but I don't see any way to access Google Datastore from Firebase Hosting.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 660

Answers (1)

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 599631

Cloud Datastore is a NoSQL database that you integrate with your existing backend services. There is no client-side SDK for accessing Cloud Datastore directly from your website.

The simplest way to expose Cloud Datastore to your website clients is to write a API with Cloud Functions for Firebase using a third-party Node.js SDK. You'll write a HTTP-triggered function for each call that you want to allow from the client. This results in a server-side API, with Google Cloud Functions managing all the infrastructure/servers for you.

If you're looking for a NoSQL database that you can integrate directly into your website, have a look at Cloud Firestore. This uses a similar data model to Datastore, but comes with Firebase SDKs that allow direct access from the client, a server-side security model, and integrates with Firebase Authentication to allows you to secure access based on user credentials.

Upvotes: 4

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