Firebase Web Socket Protocol Server. Useful for emulating the Firebase server in tests.
Copyright (C) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, Uri Shaked uri@urish.org
You can install firebase-server through npm:
npm install --save-dev firebase-server
var FirebaseServer = require('firebase-server');
new FirebaseServer(5000, 'localhost.firebaseio.test', {
states: {
CA: 'California',
AL: 'Alabama',
KY: 'Kentucky'
}
});
After running this server, you can create a Firebase client instance that connects to it:
var client = new Firebase('ws://localhost.firebaseio.test:5000');
client.on('value', function(snap) {
console.log('Got value: ', snap.val());
});
Don't forget to point the host localhost.firebaseio.test
to your local IP address (in /etc/hosts
or similar).
For more information, read the blog post in the offical Firebase blog.
This package installs a CLI script called firebase-server
. The following command will
start a firebase server on port 5555:
node_modules/.bin/firebase-server -p 5555
For more information, run:
node_modules/.bin/firebase-server -h
FirebaseServer instances have the following API:
-
close(callback)
- Stops the server (closes the server socket) and then calls the callback -
getValue()
- Returns a promise that will be resolved with the current data on the server -
exportData()
- Returns a promise that will be resolved with the current data on the server, including priority values. This is similar to DataSnapshot.exportVal(). -
setRules(rules)
- Sets the security rules for the server. Uses the targaryen library for rule validation. -
setAuthSecret(secret)
- Sets the shared secret used for validating Custom Authentication Tokens. -
setTime(timestamp)
- Sets the server time. The server time is returned by ServerValue.TIMESTAMP and is also used for checking the validity of Custom Authentication Tokens.
This project uses the excellent debug
module for logging.
It is configured by setting an environment variable:
$ DEBUG=* mocha # log everything
$ DEBUG=firebase-server* mocha # log everything from firebase-server
$ DEBUG=firebase-server:token-generator mocha # log output from specific submodule
Advanced options are available from the debug docs
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