value-to-firebase

Convert a JS value into its Firebase representation

Install

$ npm install value-to-firebase

Usage

var valueToFirebase = require('value-to-firebase')
valueToFirebase({}) // => null
valueToFirebase(undefined) // throw!

API

valueToFirebase(value) -> any

value

Required
Type: any

• undefined is illegal and triggers an exception
• Function is illegal and triggers an exception
• Date and RegExp are null
• Array becomes a plain object with numeric keys
• Object is:
  • null if empty (including an empty Array)
  • Parsed as a ServerValue by firebase-server-value where applicable
  • Invalid and triggers an exception if any key is invalid
  • Returned as-is otherwise

Other values (e.g. String and Number) are returned as-is.

Objects are not recursively transformed—only top level keys are evaluated. If you want to recursively transform an object using valueToFirebase, use object-to-firebase.