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BaselHack 2023

How to install firebase:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/cli#install-cli-mac-linux

notes for first setup

First command to run:

# assuming you have npm installed if not look into node
npm install -g firebase-tools

Send Alex Rovner your gmail if not it has be Google Cloud account

Then you can run:

firebase init emulators 

You will need to select: auth, functions, firestore, and hosting. Space to select them then Enter.

It will setup you through the install and you add the code to the project then select the following answers:

? Which port do you want to use for the functions emulator? 5001
? Which port do you want to use for the firestore emulator? 8080
? Which port do you want to use for the hosting emulator? 5000
? Which port do you want to use for the auth emulator? 9099
? Would you like to enable the Emulator UI? Yes
? Which port do you want to use for the Emulator UI (leave empty to use any available port)? 
? Would you like to download the emulators now? Yes

Then to start the project you run:

# this insures that local changes to the database gets saved for later testing
firebase emulators:start --import export --export-on-exit export

Running Locally

Make sure you setup a python3 virtual environment:

sudo apt-get install python3.11
sudo apt install python3.11-venv
python3.11 -m venv functions/venv
source functions/venv/bin/activate && python3.11 -m pip install -r functions/requirements.txt

For conda users: to turn off the default base so not opening initially

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

Install the emulators with firebase init emulators and then run firebase emulators:start to start the emulators. The emulator UI will be available under localhost:4000. The webpage will be available under localhost:5000.

Deploying to Production

First, build the frontend packages.

cd frontend
npm run generate
cd ../website
npm run build
cd ..

Then, deploy the functions, firestore, and hosting.

firebase deploy --except hosting
cd frontend
firebase deploy --only hosting

This will deploy the functions, firestore, and hosting to production.