Fetch and Send with Firestore using ReactJS

Last Updated : 07 Jun, 2024

To perform fetch and send with Firestore using React require sending and receving data on the firestore database. Firestore is a NoSQL database developed by Google as an alternative to the Firebase database. It has been designed to provide a better developer experience and simplify the development process.

Prerequisites:

Approach

To perform fetch and send with Firestore using React first set up the firebase project configuration in the react application. create a database in the firestore and link a form to send data. Fetch this data form firestore using the collection method and display on the web page

Step to Create React Application and Installing Firebase

Step 1: Create a new React application. We use create-react-app to create our application.

npx create-react-app gfgfirestore

Step 2: Move to the project directory

cd gfgfirestore

Project Structure:

The project structure will look like this.

Screenshot-from-2023-10-31-14-07-40

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the firebase module using the following command:

npm i --save firebase@8.3.1

Dependencies list after installing packages

{
    "dependencies": {
        "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.17.0",
        "@testing-library/react": "^13.4.0",
        "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
        "firebase": "^8.3.1",
        "react": "^18.2.0",
        "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
        "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
        "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
    }
}

Step 4: Go to your firebase dashboard and create a new project and copy your credentials.

const firebaseConfig = {
      apiKey: "your api key",
      authDomain: "your credentials",
      projectId: "your credentials",
      storageBucket: "your credentials",
      messagingSenderId: "your credentials",
      appId: "your credentials"
};

Example: Create a basic User Interface for adding data to the store and to read and display the data fetch from the firestore databse.

JavaScript

// Filename - App.js

import React from "react";
import "./App.css";
import Read from "./Read.js";
import Firestore from "./firestore";
function App() {
    return (
        <div
            style={{ textAlign: "center", margin: "auto" }}
        >
            <h1 style={{ color: "green" }}>
                GeeksforGeeks
            </h1>
            <h3>Form linked to firestore to send data</h3>
            <Firestore />
            <h3>Data fetch from firestore</h3>
            <Read />
        </div>
    );
}

export default App;

JavaScript

// Filename - firebse.js

import firebase from "firebase";
const firebaseConfig = {
    // Add your firebase credentials
    apiKey: "your api key",
    authDomain: "your credentials",
    projectId: "your credentials",
    storageBucket: "your credentials",
    messagingSenderId: "your credentials",
    appId: "your credentials",
};

// Initialize Firebase
firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
let db = firebase.firestore();

export default db;

JavaScript

import db from './firebase';
import { useState } from 'react';

const Firestore = () => {
    const [name, Setname] = useState("");
    const [age, Setage] = useState("");
    const [course, Setcourse] = useState("");
    const sub = (e) => {
        e.preventDefault();

        // Add data to the store
        db.collection("data").add({
            Nane: name,
            Age: age,
            CourseEnrolled: course
        })
            .then((docRef) => {
                alert("Data Successfully Submitted");
            })
            .catch((error) => {
                console.error("Error adding document: ", error);
            });
    }

    return (
        <div>
            <center>
                <form style={{ marginTop: "200px" }}
                    onSubmit={(event) => { sub(event) }}>
                    <input type="text" placeholder="your name"
                        onChange={(e) => { Setname(e.target.value) }} />
                    <br /><br />
                    <input type="number" placeholder="your age"
                        onChange={(e) => { Setage(e.target.value) }} />
                    <br /><br />
                    <input type="text" placeholder="Course Enrolled"
                        onChange={(e) => { Setcourse(e.target.value) }} />
                    <br /><br />
                    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
                </form>
            </center>
        </div>
    );
}

export default Firestore;

JavaScript

// Import Firestore database
import db from "./firebase";
import { useState } from "react";
// import "./read.css";

const Read = () => {
    const [info, setInfo] = useState([]);

    // Start the fetch operation as soon as
    // the page loads
    window.addEventListener("load", () => {
        Fetchdata();
    });

    // Fetch the required data using the get() method
    const Fetchdata = () => {
        db.collection("data")
            .get()
            .then((querySnapshot) => {
                // Loop through the data and store
                // it in array to display
                querySnapshot.forEach((element) => {
                    var data = element.data();
                    setInfo((arr) => [...arr, data]);
                });
            });
    };

    // Display the result on the page
    return (
        <div>
            <center>
                <h2>Student Details</h2>
            </center>

            {info.map((data) => (
                <Frame
                    course={data.CourseEnrolled}
                    name={data.Nane}
                    age={data.Age}
                />
            ))}
        </div>
    );
};

// Define how each display entry will be structured
const Frame = ({ course, name, age }) => {
    console.log(course + " " + name + " " + age);
    return (
        <center>
            <div className="div">
                <p>NAME : {name}</p>

                <p>Age : {age}</p>

                <p>Course : {course}</p>
            </div>
        </center>
    );
};

export default Read;