How to delete document from firestore using where clause
You can only delete a document once you have a DocumentReference
to it. To get that you must first execute the query, then loop over the QuerySnapshot
and finally delete each DocumentSnapshot
based on its ref
.
var jobskill_query = db.collection('job_skills').where('job_id','==',post.job_id);
jobskill_query.get().then(function(querySnapshot) {
querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
doc.ref.delete();
});
});
I use batched writes for this. For example:
var jobskill_ref = db.collection('job_skills').where('job_id','==',post.job_id);
let batch = firestore.batch();
jobskill_ref
.get()
.then(snapshot => {
snapshot.docs.forEach(doc => {
batch.delete(doc.ref);
});
return batch.commit();
})
ES6 async/await:
const jobskills = await store
.collection('job_skills')
.where('job_id', '==', post.job_id)
.get();
const batch = store.batch();
jobskills.forEach(doc => {
batch.delete(doc.ref);
});
await batch.commit();
//The following code will find and delete the document from firestore
const doc = await this.noteRef.where('userId', '==', userId).get();
doc.forEach(element => {
element.ref.delete();
console.log(`deleted: ${element.id}`);
});