FireChild

A Node.js module which attaches listeners to grandchildren of a Firebase reference.

Read more about Firebase listeners here: https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/api/query/on.html.

Installation

To install FireChild, run the following command:

$ npm install fire-child

API Reference

FireChild

A FireChild instance is used to add listeners to grandchild locations.

var FireChild = require('fire-child');

new FireChild(ref)

Creates and returns a new FireChild instance to add listeners. Note that this ref can point to anywhere in your Firebase and can either be a string or an instance of the Firebase object.

// Create a FireChild object
var fireChild = new FireChild('https://<your-firebase>.firebaseio.com/');

FireChild.on(depth, eventType, callback, [cancelCallback], [context])

Adds a Firebase listener at the specified depth from the reference which created the FireChild.

// Add child_added eventType to grandchildren of Firebase reference
fireChild.on(1, 'child_added', function (childSnapshot, prevChildName) {});

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to FireChild, you'll need to run the following commands to get your environment set up:

$ git clone https://github.com/davidcaseria/FireChild.git
$ cd FireChild           # go to the geofire directory 
$ npm install -g mocha   # globally install mocha test framework 
$ npm install            # locally install all dependencies