firestore create document with id code example

Example 1: firestore get id of new document

async function addCity(newCity) {
  const { id } = await db.collection("cities").add(newCity)
  console.log("the new city's id:", id)
}

Example 2: firestore create document with auto id

// Add a new document with a generated id.
db.collection("cities").add({
    name: "Tokyo",
    country: "Japan"
})
.then(function(docRef) {
    console.log("Document written with ID: ", docRef.id);
})
.catch(function(error) {
    console.error("Error adding document: ", error);
});
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//If you want to specify id then use .set() 
// e.x   \/
db.collection("cities").doc("TYO").set({
    name: "Tokyo",
    country: "Japan"
})

Example 3: document.set() firebasefirestore java

var washingtonRef = db.collection("cities").doc("DC");// Atomically add a new region to the "regions" array field.washingtonRef.update({    regions: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.arrayUnion("greater_virginia")});// Atomically remove a region from the "regions" array field.washingtonRef.update({    regions: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.arrayRemove("east_coast")});

Example 4: document.set() firebasefirestore java

// Create an initial document to update.var frankDocRef = db.collection("users").doc("frank");frankDocRef.set({    name: "Frank",    favorites: { food: "Pizza", color: "Blue", subject: "recess" },    age: 12});// To update age and favorite color:db.collection("users").doc("frank").update({    "age": 13,    "favorites.color": "Red"});