fetch a field from firebase code example

Example 1: firestore get all documents in collection

// retrieve a collection
db.collection('documents')
  .get()
  .then(querySnapshot => {
    const documents = querySnapshot.docs.map(doc => doc.data())
    // do something with documents
  })

// retrieve a document
db.collection('documents')
  .doc(documentId)
  .get()
  .then(snapshot => {
    const document = snapshot.data()
    // do something with document
  })

Example 2: get data from firestore

const [hospitalsDetails, setHospitalsDetails] = useState([])
    useEffect(()=>{
        //load hospitals into hospitalsList
        const hospitals = []
        db.collection('Hospitals').get()
            .then(snapshot => {
                snapshot.docs.forEach(hospital => {
                    let currentID = hospital.id
                    let appObj = { ...hospital.data(), ['id']: currentID }
                    hospitals.push(appObj)

                    hospitals.push(hospital.data())
            })
            setHospitalsDetails(hospitals)
        })
    },[])

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