Firebase-init NPM

firebase-init

Firebase Initializer with configuration variable via config file, environment variable, package, npm or cli

Install

npm install firebase-init --save

Supported `firebase` config variables

url: full firebase url, ex: https://example.firebaseio.com
name: firebase name, ex: example
token: custom authentication token
custom: custom authentication data, optional with token
path: child path within firebase url

Or as individual variables

firebase.url: full firebase url, ex: https://example.firebaseio.com
firebase.name: firebase name, ex: example
firebase.token: custom authentication token
firebase.custom: custom authentication data, optional with token
firebase.path: child path within firebase url

Use

Config via passed in values

var Firebase = require('firebase-init')
var config = {
  "firebase": {
    "url":  "https://example.firebaseio.com"
  }
}
Firebase(config, function(error, initializedFirebaseReference) {
  if (error) throw error
  // start using initializedFirebaseReference
})

Config via cli parameter:

node app.js --firebase.url https://example.firebaseio.com

Example NodeJS:

var Firebase = require('firebase-init')
Firebase(function(error, initializedFirebaseReference) {
  if (error) throw error
  // start using initializedFirebaseReference
})

Config via environment variable

firebase.url=https://example.firebaseio.com
firebase.token=dda8c65b-b0ea-423d-9a44-e17c4f6f09a9

node app.js

Ignore case

This will also work

FIREBASE.URL=https://example.firebaseio.com
FIREBASE.TOKEN=dda8c65b-b0ea-423d-9a44-e17c4f6f09a9

Value via JSON config value

config='{ "firebase": {"name":"example", "token":"dda8c65b-b0ea-423d-9a44-e17c4f6f09a9" }}'

Config via JSON config file

config='pathTo/myConfig.json'

myConfig.json :

{
  "firebase": {
    "name":  "example-store",
    "token": "dda8c65b-b0ea-423d-9a44-e17c4f6f09a9",
    "custom": {
      uid:      "eastcoast-manager",
      isAdmin : true
    },
    "path": "east-coast/inventory"
  }
}

Config via JSONIC simplified JSON

firebase=name:example,token:e27d9f2a29b7

node app.js

node app.js --firebase=name:example,token:e27d9f2a29b7

Examples

Read test

var FirebaseInit = require('firebase-init')
  , config = {
    name: 'pub',
    path: 'AWS/zone/ap-northeast-1/city'
  }

FirebaseInit(config, function (err, firebaseRef) {
  firebaseRef.once('value', function(dataSnapshot) {
    console.log(dataSnapshot.val()) // Tokyo
    process.exit(0)
  }, function(err) {
    console.log(err)
    process.exit(0)
  })
})

Read test2

var FirebaseInit = require('firebase-init')
  , config       = 'name:pub,path:AWS/zone/ap-northeast-1/city' // jsonic


FirebaseInit(config, function (err, firebaseRef) {
  firebaseRef.once('value', function(dataSnapshot) {
    console.log(dataSnapshot.val()) // Tokyo
    process.exit(0)
  }, function(err) {
    console.log(err)
    process.exit(0)
  })
})