@capacitor-firebase/functions

Unofficial Capacitor plugin for Firebase Cloud Functions.¹

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Compatibility

Plugin Version	Capacitor Version	Status
8.x.x	>=8.x.x	Active support
7.x.x	7.x.x	Deprecated

Installation

You can use our AI-Assisted Setup to install the plugin. Add the Capawesome Skills to your AI tool using the following command:

npx skills add capawesome-team/skills

Then use the following prompt:

Use the `capacitor-plugins` skill from `capawesome-team/skills` to install the `@capacitor-firebase/functions` plugin in my project.

If you prefer Manual Setup, install the plugin by running the following commands and follow the platform-specific instructions below:

npm install @capacitor-firebase/functions
npx cap sync

Add Firebase to your project if you haven't already (Android / iOS).

Android

Variables

If needed, you can define the following project variable in your app’s variables.gradle file to change the default version of the dependency:

• $firebaseFunctionsVersion version of com.google.firebase:firebase-functions (default: 22.1.0)

This can be useful if you encounter dependency conflicts with other plugins in your project.

Configuration

No configuration required for this plugin.

Demo

A working example can be found here: robingenz/capacitor-firebase-plugin-demo

Usage

import { FirebaseFunctions } from '@capacitor-firebase/functions';

const callByName = async () => {
    const { data } = await FirebaseFunctions.callByName({
        name: 'helloWorld',
        data: {
            string: 'Hello World!',
            number: 123,
            boolean: true,
            array: [1, 2, 3],
            object: {
                key: 'value'
            }
        }
    });
    return data;
};

const callByUrl = async () => {
    const { data } = await FirebaseFunctions.callByUrl({
        url: 'https://us-central1-YOUR_PROJECT_ID.cloudfunctions.net/helloWorld',
        data: {
            string: 'Hello World!',
            number: 123,
            boolean: true,
            array: [1, 2, 3],
            object: {
                key: 'value'
            }
        }
    });
    return data;
};

const useEmulator = async () => {
  await FirebaseFunctions.useEmulator({
    host: '10.0.2.2',
    port: 9001,
  });
};

API

• callByName(...)
• callByUrl(...)
• useEmulator(...)
• Interfaces
• Type Aliases

callByName(...)

callByName<RequestData = unknown, ResponseData = unknown>(options: CallByNameOptions<RequestData>) => Promise<CallByNameResult<ResponseData>>

Call a callable function by name.

Param	Type
options	CallByNameOptions<RequestData>

Returns: Promise<CallByNameResult<ResponseData>>

Since: 6.1.0

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callByUrl(...)

callByUrl<RequestData = unknown, ResponseData = unknown>(options: CallByUrlOptions<RequestData>) => Promise<CallByUrlResult<ResponseData>>

Call a callable function by URL.

Param	Type
options	CallByUrlOptions<RequestData>

Returns: Promise<CallByUrlResult<ResponseData>>

Since: 6.1.0

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useEmulator(...)

useEmulator(options: UseEmulatorOptions) => Promise<void>

Instrument your app to talk to the Cloud Functions emulator.

On Android, the cleartext traffic must be allowed. On the Capacitor configuration:

{
  server: {
    cleartext: true
  }
}

The cleartext traffic is not intended for use in production.

Param	Type
options	UseEmulatorOptions

Since: 6.1.0

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Interfaces

CallResult

Prop	Type	Description	Since
data	ResponseData	The result of the callable function.	6.1.0

CallByNameOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Since
name	string	The name of the callable function.	6.1.0
region	string	The region of the callable function.	6.1.0

CallByUrlOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Since
url	string	The URL of the callable function.	6.1.0

UseEmulatorOptions

Prop	Type	Description	Default	Since
host	string	The emulator host without any port or scheme. Note when using a Android Emulator device: 10.0.2.2 is the special IP address to connect to the 'localhost' of the host computer.		6.1.0
port	number	The emulator port.	5001	6.1.0
regionOrCustomDomain	string	The region the callable functions are located in or a custom domain hosting the callable functions.

Type Aliases

CallByNameResult

CallResult<ResponseData>

CallByUrlResult

CallResult<ResponseData>

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

See LICENSE.

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1. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Google LLC or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries. ↩