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joeythefoodie
joeythefoodie

Reputation: 7

Retrieving Manually Inputted Data Firestore

Would it be possible to create documents in Firestore and then later reference it within swift/xcode/app? I want to manually add restaurant data into Firestore and then reference the data (city,type, phone number, etc.) within an app.

What do you recommend I do to be able to retrieve the manually typed out document entries?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 61

Answers (1)

Inb4cookies
Inb4cookies

Reputation: 345

Yes this is possible and not that hard to figure out when you look at the offical docs.

SDK IOS SETUP
https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/setup

Getting started with firestore
https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/quickstart#ios

Creating a new document in the collection "USERS"

// Add a new document with a generated ID
var ref: DocumentReference? = nil
ref = db.collection("users").addDocument(data: [
    "first": "Ada",
    "last": "Lovelace",
    "born": 1815
]) { err in
    if let err = err {
        print("Error adding document: \(err)")
    } else {
        print("Document added with ID: \(ref!.documentID)")
    }
}

Reading that data

db.collection("users").getDocuments() { (querySnapshot, err) in
    if let err = err {
        print("Error getting documents: \(err)")
    } else {
        for document in querySnapshot!.documents {
            print("\(document.documentID) => \(document.data())")
        }
    }
}

For referencing documents made by users you could safe the UserID to the firestore document and filter the documents in the app by Current user ID. This is mostly used in apps.

I would also suggest to watch some videos from: https://peterfriese.dev/ This will give you a clear understanding on what to do with the data you get back.

Upvotes: 1

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