Create Staging Environment for Firebase

[VeritasDev]

I need to create a copy of the prod Firebase instance to use as an environment for other devs to work on the app. I did not want to expose the prod server just yet as I do not know the extent to which it will cost me traffic-wise until it goes live. I'm also trying to avoid folks with ill intentions taking the app and trying to run up the request limits/traffic artificially - not sure how this whole Firebase thing works yet. :)

[ingramdaniel5]

Hello! Comp Sci major whos a big fan with not enough time to be able to assist. But a suggestion to this still open issue (if it's still prevelant).

Have you tried exporting the current firebase db and putting it in a sub folder at the repo's highest directory (be sure to omit all your account info if thats included in the export). Then just ammend the README to have the location where individual firebase account credentials can be entered in the api calling classes. Firebase has a free trial plan thats more then enough for a single dev to test on their own. Contributers can just get the free version and manipulate their own db as to not interfere with public operations.

Best of luck!

[mdjarv]

If you are running your firestore in GCP you should be able to export your data to a storage bucket, and then from there it might be possible to distribute the data.

Make sure your gcloud command is configured for the correct GCP project, and then you export using:

gcloud firestore export gs://[BUCKET_NAME]

Reference, and details on how to only export specific collections: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import