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A real-time client-side library that ties in to their database hosting service, basically. Also, if you want to have any non-realtime parts of your web app tha
by webjprgm 15y ago
A real-time client-side library that ties in to their database hosting service, basically.
Also, if you want to have any non-realtime parts of your web app that do server-side processing of data then it looks like you have to use Node.js to talk to Firebase, as there's no REST API for it that I can see. I guess they don't mind because they're trying to get you to do all data processing in the client anyway.
Definitely need security and permissions. How do I make sure only registered users of my site can access chat? How do I make sure only admin users can create new chat threads? From my brief reading it looks like all clients can see everything in the database and modify it all. Am I wrong?
- ibdknox 15y agoThere are ACLs for handling security concerns, but it's fairly early in their conception so they aren't really documented yet. Also, there is a rest API and I believe they're working on clients for other platforms so that nodejs isn't the only player in town.
- jamest 15y agoYou can find our REST API docs here: http://www.firebase.com/docs/rest-api.html http://www.firebase.com/docs/rest-api.html We're definitely working on security full speed. We have some basic security but it's not ready yet. If you'd like to beta test it, please email us: beta@firebase.com You can check out our FAQ for more info: http://www.firebase.com/faq.html http://www.firebase.com/faq.html