Firestore Add value to array field

Question

Im trying to use Firebase cloud functions to add the id of a chatroom to the users document in an array field. I cant seem to figure out the way to write to an array field t

Answer 1

Firestore currently does not allow you to update the individual fields of an array. You can, however, replace the entire contents of an array as such:

admin.firestore().doc(`users/${userA}/chats`).update('array', [...]);

Note that this might override some writes from another client. You can use transactions to lock on the document before you perform the update.

admin.firestore().runTransaction(transaction => {
  return transaction.get(docRef).then(snapshot => {
    const largerArray = snapshot.get('array');
    largerArray.push('newfield');
    transaction.update(docRef, 'array', largerArray);
  });
});

Answer 2

From the docs, they added a new operation to append or remove elements from arrays. Read more here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/add-data

Example:

var admin = require('firebase-admin');
// ...
var washingtonRef = db.collection('cities').doc('DC');

// Atomically add a new region to the "regions" array field.
var arrUnion = washingtonRef.update({
  regions: admin.firestore.FieldValue.arrayUnion('greater_virginia')
});
// Atomically remove a region from the "regions" array field.
var arrRm = washingtonRef.update({
  regions: admin.firestore.FieldValue.arrayRemove('east_coast')
});