Get Value Key pair from Firebase with Node.js function

Question

Ok, I am using Algolia for handling search within my app. The following code adds whatever is in my database to my Algolia Index. However, whenever the data is imported, all of the values in a firebase node get placed under "text" in the Algolia Index.

How can make it to where it is stored as the key value pair found in Firebase.

i.e.

address: 1234 Main St.

VS. / (Instead of)

text:

address: 1234 Main St.

My Code:

exports.indexentry = functions.database
  .ref('/blog-posts/{blogid}/text')
  .onWrite(event => {
    const index = client.initIndex(ALGOLIA_POSTS_INDEX_NAME);
    const firebaseObject = {
      text: event.data.val(),
      objectID: event.params.blogid,
    };
  });

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '17 at 07:39

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So what you are missing here, is the pushing of the data to Algolia. What you can do if you want to have all the firebase data in an object, is assigning it to a new object, as well as the objectID

exports.indexentry = functions.database
  .ref('/blog-posts/{blogid}/text')
  .onWrite(event => {
    const index = client.initIndex(ALGOLIA_POSTS_INDEX_NAME);
    const firebaseObject = Object.assign({}, event.data.val(), {
      objectID: event.params.blogid,
    });
    index.saveObject(firebaseObject); // .then or .catch as well
  });

Does that make sense?

answered May 16 '17 at 07:39

Haroen Viaene

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I do have that afterward. return index.saveObject(firebaseObject).then( () => event.data.adminRef.parent.child('last_index_timestamp').set( Date.parse(event.timestamp))); }); I updated my question with a picture that shows what happens and what I need to happen. – ethanfox27 May 16 '17 at 11:56
Your code is different though, did you notice the object.assign? – Haroen Viaene May 16 '17 at 11:58
No, I did not. I'll try this out and see if it works. Sorry about that. And thanks for the quick response! – ethanfox27 May 16 '17 at 12:00
Awesome glad it helped – Haroen Viaene May 16 '17 at 12:40
How would I sync I child deeper in my Firebase tree with this? – ethanfox27 May 17 '17 at 01:50
Either http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27936772/how-to-deep-merge-instead-of-shallow-merge or `const fireBaseObj = .val(); firebase.objectID = blogid` – Haroen Viaene May 17 '17 at 05:30

Get Value Key pair from Firebase with Node.js function

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