@capacitor-firebase/functions

Unofficial Capacitor plugin for Firebase Cloud Functions.¹

Installation

npm install @capacitor-firebase/functions
npx cap sync

Add Firebase to your project if you haven't already (Android / iOS).

Android

Variables

This plugin will use the following project variables (defined in your app’s variables.gradle file):

• $firebaseFunctionsVersion version of com.google.firebase:firebase-functions (default: 20.4.0)

Configuration

No configuration required for this plugin.

Demo

A working example can be found here: robingenz/capacitor-firebase-plugin-demo

Usage

import { FirebaseFunctions } from '@capacitor-firebase/functions';

const callByName = async () => {
    const { data } = await FirebaseFunctions.callByName({
        name: 'helloWorld',
        data: {
            string: 'Hello World!',
            number: 123,
            boolean: true,
            array: [1, 2, 3],
            object: {
                key: 'value'
            }
        }
    });
    return data;
};

const callByUrl = async () => {
    const { data } = await FirebaseFunctions.callByUrl({
        url: 'https://us-central1-YOUR_PROJECT_ID.cloudfunctions.net/helloWorld',
        data: {
            string: 'Hello World!',
            number: 123,
            boolean: true,
            array: [1, 2, 3],
            object: {
                key: 'value'
            }
        }
    });
    return data;
};

const useEmulator = async () => {
  await FirebaseFunctions.useEmulator({
    host: '10.0.2.2',
    port: 9001,
  });
};

API

• callByName(...)
• callByUrl(...)
• useEmulator(...)
• Interfaces
• Type Aliases

callByName(...)

callByName<RequestData = unknown, ResponseData = unknown>(options: CallByNameOptions<RequestData>) => Promise<CallByNameResult<ResponseData>>

Call a callable function by name.

Param	Type
options	CallByNameOptions<RequestData>

Returns: Promise<CallByNameResult<ResponseData>>

Since: 6.1.0

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callByUrl(...)

callByUrl<RequestData = unknown, ResponseData = unknown>(options: CallByUrlOptions<RequestData>) => Promise<CallByUrlResult<ResponseData>>

Call a callable function by URL.

Param	Type
options	CallByUrlOptions<RequestData>

Returns: Promise<CallByUrlResult<ResponseData>>

Since: 6.1.0

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useEmulator(...)

useEmulator(options: UseEmulatorOptions) => Promise<void>

Instrument your app to talk to the Cloud Functions emulator.

On Android, the cleartext traffic must be allowed. On the Capacitor configuration:

{
  server: {
    cleartext: true
  }
}

The cleartext traffic is not intended for use in production.

Param	Type
options	UseEmulatorOptions

Since: 6.1.0

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Interfaces

CallResult

Prop	Type	Description	Since
data	ResponseData	The result of the callable function.	6.1.0

CallByNameOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Since
name	string	The name of the callable function.	6.1.0
region	string	The region of the callable function.	6.1.0

CallByUrlOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Since
url	string	The URL of the callable function.	6.1.0

UseEmulatorOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Default	Since
host	string	The emulator host without any port or scheme. Note when using a Android Emulator device: 10.0.2.2 is the special IP address to connect to the 'localhost' of the host computer.		6.1.0
port	number	The emulator port.	5001	6.1.0

Type Aliases

CallByNameResult

CallResult<ResponseData>

CallByUrlResult

CallResult<ResponseData>

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

See LICENSE.

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