Server Side Calculation using Firebase

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Given the starting time/date and duration, how can I make a server side calculation that determines if an object is "finished", "in progress", or "upcoming"

--Show
  --duration: "144"
  --startDate: "2015-11-10"
  --startTime: "14:00"
  --status: "?"

Client-side javascript to determine if the show has started yet:

// if negative, then show hasn't started yet
var time = (-(startdate.getTime() - currentdate.getTime()) / 1000 / 60);

Client-side javascript to determine if the show has finished running yet:

// if negative, then show has finished
var timeLeft = channelDuration - timerStartTime;

Possible duplicate of [How would I run server-side code in Firebase?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21653378/how-would-i-run-server-side-code-in-firebase) — Kato, Nov 11 '15 at 20:29

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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There is no way to run your own server-side code on Firebase. See:

But you can store a server-side timestamp, which seems what you're trying to do:

ref.child('Show/startTimestamp').set(Firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP);

You can then get the shows that haven't started yet with:

var shows = ref.child('Shows');
ref.orderByChild('startTimeStamp').startAt(Date.now()).on(...

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Nov 11 '15 at 14:33

Frank van Puffelen

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Hey Frank, Any chances these features to be added in future? – Pankaj Gaikar Jun 27 '16 at 07:00

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '17 at 09:34

For someone passing by, I think now Firebase allow you to do this by Cloud Function. For this case, you can create the function that determine the status of the status by other parameter when the data is added to you database.

Please checkout

https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/

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