Querying by a field with type 'reference' in Firestore

Question

I have a collection called \'categories\' containing a single document with ID: 5gF5FqRPvdroRF8isOwd.

I have another collection called \'tickets\'. Each ticket has a

Answer 1

As you will read here in the doc, the Reference Data Type is used to store DocumentReferences.

If you want to use it in a query, you cannot use a simple string, neither the UID of the document (i.e. '5gF5FqRPvdroRF8isOwd'), nor the string value that is stored in the field (i.e. '/categories/5gF5FqRPvdroRF8isOwd').

You have to build a DocumentReference and use it in your query, as follows:

const categoryDocRef = firebase.firestore()
   .collection('categories')
   .doc('5gF5FqRPvdroRF8isOwd');

const files = await firebase
  .firestore()
  .collection('tickets')
  .where('category', '==', categoryDocRef)
  .get();