How to move a document in Cloud Firestore?
Here's another variation for getting a collection under a new name, it includes:
- Ability to retain original ID values
- Option to update field names
$(document).ready(function () {
FirestoreAdmin.copyCollection(
'blog_posts',
'posts'
);
});
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var FirestoreAdmin = {
// to copy changes back into original collection
// 1. comment out these fields
// 2. make the same call but flip the fromName and toName
previousFieldName: 'color',
newFieldName: 'theme_id',
copyCollection: function (fromName, toName) {
FirestoreAdmin.getFromData(
fromName,
function (querySnapshot, error) {
if (ObjectUtil.isDefined(error)) {
var toastMsg = 'Unexpected error while loading list: ' + StringUtil.toStr(error);
Toaster.top(toastMsg);
return;
}
var db = firebase.firestore();
querySnapshot.forEach(function (doc) {
var docId = doc.id;
Logr.debug('docId: ' + docId);
var data = doc.data();
if (FirestoreAdmin.newFieldName != null) {
data[FirestoreAdmin.newFieldName] = data[FirestoreAdmin.previousFieldName];
delete data[FirestoreAdmin.previousFieldName];
}
Logr.debug('data: ' + StringUtil.toStr(data));
FirestoreAdmin.writeToData(toName, docId, data)
});
}
);
},
getFromData: function (fromName, onFromDataReadyFunc) {
var db = firebase.firestore();
var fromRef = db.collection(fromName);
fromRef
.get()
.then(function (querySnapshot) {
onFromDataReadyFunc(querySnapshot);
})
.catch(function (error) {
onFromDataReadyFunc(null, error);
console.log('Error getting documents: ', error);
});
},
writeToData: function (toName, docId, data) {
var db = firebase.firestore();
var toRef = db.collection(toName);
toRef
.doc(docId)
.set(data)
.then(function () {
console.log('Document set success');
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.error('Error adding document: ', error);
});
}
}
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Here's the previous answer where the items are added under new IDs
toRef
.add(doc.data())
.then(function (docRef) {
console.log('Document written with ID: ', docRef.id);
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.error('Error adding document: ', error);
});
Actually there is no move
method that allows you to simply move a document from a location to another. You need to create one. For moving a document from a location to another, I suggest you use the following method:
public void moveFirestoreDocument(DocumentReference fromPath, final DocumentReference toPath) {
fromPath.get().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
@Override
public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<DocumentSnapshot> task) {
if (task.isSuccessful()) {
DocumentSnapshot document = task.getResult();
if (document != null) {
toPath.set(document.getData())
.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Void>() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(Void aVoid) {
Log.d(TAG, "DocumentSnapshot successfully written!");
fromPath.delete()
.addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<Void>() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(Void aVoid) {
Log.d(TAG, "DocumentSnapshot successfully deleted!");
}
})
.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
@Override
public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) {
Log.w(TAG, "Error deleting document", e);
}
});
}
})
.addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
@Override
public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) {
Log.w(TAG, "Error writing document", e);
}
});
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "No such document");
}
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "get failed with ", task.getException());
}
}
});
}
In which fromPath
is the location of the document that you want to be moved and toPath
is the location in which you want to move the document.
The flow is as follows:
Get
the document fromfromPath
location.Write
the document totoPath
location.Delete
the document fromfromPath
location.
That's it!