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Firebase Remote Config REST API Node.js Quickstart

The Firebase Remote Config Node.js quickstart app demonstrates retrieving and updating the Firebase Remote Config template.

Introduction

This is a simple example of using the Firebase Admin SDK to update the Remote Config template being used by clients apps. You can also directly use the Remote Config REST API to perform additional template operations.

Getting started

1. Create a Firebase project.
2. Create a service account as described in Adding Firebase to your Server and download the JSON file.
3. Set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable to the path of the JSON file.

Run

• Get active template
  • From the config directory run node index.js get to retrieve the template.
    • The returned template is stored in a file named config.json.
    • Note the ETag printed to the console. When replacing the current template a matching ETag ensures that no template versions are overwritten accidentally.
• Update the template via file

  • If your template already has parameters, adjust one or more of the values.

  • If your template is empty, update parameters and conditions to look like this:

    {
      "etag": "etag-<YOUR_TEMPLATE_ETAG>",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "name": "AndroidUsers",
          "expression": "device.os == 'android'",
          "tagColor": "PURPLE"
        },
        {
          "name": "iOSUsers",
          "expression": "device.os == 'ios'",
          "tagColor": "GREEN"
        }
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "welcome_message": {
          "defaultValue": {
            "value": "Welcome"
          },
          "conditionalValues": {
            "AndroidUsers": {
              "value": "Welcome Android User"
            },
            "iOSUsers": {
              "value": "Welcome iOS User"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    

  • From the config directory run node index.js publish to update the template.

  • Confirm in the console that the template has been updated.

    • At this point mobile clients can fetch the updated values.
• Update the template in memory
  • From the config directory run node index.js update to retrieve the current template and update it in memory. Using this option will set the a condition (android_en) and a parameter that uses the condition.

Best practices

This section provides some additional information about how the Remote Config Admin SDK should be used when retrieving and updating templates.

ETags

Each time the Remote Config template it retrieved an ETag is included. This ETag is a unique identifier of the current template on the server. When submitting updates to the template you must include the latest ETag to ensure that your updates are consistent.

In the event that you want to completely overwrite the server's template set the force parameter of publishTemplate method to true. Use this with caution since this operation cannot be undone.

Support

• Stack Overflow
• Firebase Support