Firestore Manager

Extension to easily explore and manage your Firebase Firestore database documents right inside your editor.

Features

• Activity Bar Integration: Navigate your Firestore collections and documents through a dedicated view in the Activity bar.
• Direct Editing: Open Firestore documents as JSON files. Edit them directly in the editor and save to push updates back to Firestore.
• Add & Delete: Create/Delete documents and collections directly from the tree view. Includes strict double-confirmations for deletions to prevent accidental data loss.
• Duplicate Document: Quickly clone an existing document into a new one (with custom or auto-generated ID).
• Subcollections Support: Easily navigate and manage subcollections within documents. Add new subcollections on the fly.
• Pagination: Browse large collections with ease. Customizable page size and "Load More" functionality.
• Advanced Querying: Filter documents within a collection using field-based queries (e.g., name == "John") and clear filters when needed.
• Refresh Support: Quickly refresh the Firestore tree to see the latest changes.
• Secure Configuration: Configurable via service account key path or environment variables.
• Custom Databases: Support for named Firestore database instances.
• Safety First: Explicit save and deletion confirmations, plus options to completely block document updates or deletions for view-only modes.
• Project and Database Context: Displays the configured project and database in the tree view.

Configuration

To use the extension, you need to provide a Firebase service account key from your Firebase project.

There are three ways to do this:

1. Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADC): The recommended way if using the gcloud CLI. Ensure you are logged in via gcloud auth application-default login and enable the firestoreManager.useGcloudAuth setting.
2. Environment Variable: Set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable to the path of your JSON key. The extension will automatically use this.

   export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/key.json"

3. VS Code Settings: Configure it through the Settings UI or settings.json by setting firestoreManager.serviceAccountKeyPath to the path of your JSON key.

Settings

• firestoreManager.useGcloudAuth: Set to true to use gcloud auth application-default login instead of a service account key.
• firestoreManager.serviceAccountKeyPath: Absolute path to the service account JSON key (Only if not using useGcloudAuth or GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS).
• firestoreManager.projectId: The project ID for your Firebase app. When empty, it can be detected from the credentials.
• firestoreManager.databaseId: The ID of the Firestore database. Defaults to (default).
• firestoreManager.pageSize: Number of documents to show per page. Defaults to 10.
• firestoreManager.disableSaveConfirmation: Set to true to disable the confirmation dialog when saving documents. Defaults to false.
• firestoreManager.disableSecondDeletePrompt: Set to true to skip the secondary confirmation step when deleting documents or collections. Defaults to false.
• firestoreManager.blockDocumentUpdate: Set to true to completely block the ability to update existing documents. Defaults to false.
• firestoreManager.blockDocumentDelete: Set to true to completely block the ability to delete documents or collections. Defaults to false.

Usage

1. Initialize: Run Firestore Manager: Initialize from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) or configure the settings directly.
2. Configure credentials: Provide a service-account key path, set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, or enable firestoreManager.useGcloudAuth after running gcloud auth application-default login.
3. Explore: Open the Firestore view in the Activity Bar. The tree displays the project, database, collections, documents, and subcollections.
4. Manage documents:
   • Select a document to open it as a JSON virtual file.
   • Edit and save (Ctrl+S) to write changes back to Firestore.
   • Right-click a collection to add a document, delete the collection, or query its documents.
   • Right-click a document to delete or duplicate it, or add a subcollection.
   • Use Clear Query to remove an active collection filter.
   • Use the Refresh icon in the view title to reload the tree.
   • Use Load More... at the bottom of a collection to fetch another page of documents.

Querying Syntax

When using the Query Documents command, use the following format: field operator value

Example:

• isActive == true
• age >= 21
• name == "John"
• score > 100

Supported operators: ==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, array-contains, in, not-in, array-contains-any.

Query values are parsed from the entered text. Use JSON-compatible values such as true, 21, arrays, or quoted strings where appropriate.

Compatibility

• VS Code 1.107.0 or higher

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md for details.

Support

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