How to host nodeJS project to firebase?

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I am using node, express and more other dependencies for the project. I wonder how to host this project on firebase. My project will have controller, view , and any other folders to make the project possible.It already has view engine like pug/handlebars.

Tutorials online only show how to host firebase with single index.html in public folder. How am I suppose to host my project with all other folders? I know how to use firebase in nodeJS, but how to host the project on firebase? How firebase will access the server file(either app/index.js)? Where should I put all these folders?

Hopefully I am not asking to much. If my question isn't clear, please let me know so that I can make clarification.

score 69 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '17 at 01:06

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You're in luck. Firebase just this week released a video that walks step-by-step through setting up an Node.js/Express app on Firebase Hosting.

This has only been possible since the integration of Cloud Functions with Firebase Hosting, which was released at I/O 2017. Most tutorials likely are from before that time, when there was no way to run server-side code on Firebase Hosting.

answered Aug 07 '17 at 01:06

Frank van Puffelen

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Nice! I will definitely check the link. – jiancheng wu Aug 07 '17 at 18:46
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Hi suppose my nodejs app is connected to mongo db locally how will this work – saurabh kamble Dec 06 '18 at 04:47
Should I move my all module files under functions folder? – snersesyan Aug 24 '19 at 21:20
The node modules that are used by the server-side code that runs in Cloud Functions will need to be in the `node_modules` directory under the `functions` folder indeed. The node modules that are used in the front-end code, will need to be in the `node_modules` directory that the bundler uses for the front-end. – Frank van Puffelen Aug 25 '19 at 03:57
Most of the thing used in the video are old/deprecated. – NullByte08 Feb 14 '23 at 04:27

Sunny Sultan · Answer 2 · 2019-05-18T17:26:52.310

You can do this by firebase cloud function. Deployment auth is handled by the Firebase CLI, so getting a hello world up and running is literally:

firebase init functions
firebase deploy

A simple hello world function

functions.https.onRequest((request, response) => {
    response.send(“Hello from Firebase!”);
});

Note: You can use express with firebase function.

For more follow documentation link: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions

How to host nodeJS project to firebase?

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