FirebaseRealtimeDBCSharp

A C# example of communicating with the Firebase Realtime database.

Usage

1. Clone this repo

2. Install the packages listed in the heading "NuGet packages required"

3. Follow this https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/rest/start to create Firebase account, a project and then the realtime database

4. Generate the private key for the service account

   1. Go to the project settings of your Firebase project in https://console.firebase.google.com/
   2. Click on the Service Accounts tab
   3. Click on "Firebase Admin SDK" and click "Generate private key"
   4. Save this file and replace it with the "service-account.json" file in this C# project

5. Edit Program.cs

   1. Replace line 16 with the URL to your project, it should look like: "https://blahblah-0000f.firebaseio.com/"

6. Build and run it.

NuGet packages required

Run these commands in the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio:

Install-Package Google.Apis.Auth
Install-Package FirebaseDatabase.net

Package listing and versions

Id	Versions
FirebaseDatabase.net	{4.0.4}
Google.Apis	{1.45.0}
Google.Apis.Auth	{1.45.0}
Google.Apis.Core	{1.45.0}
LiteDB	{4.1.4}
Newtonsoft.Json	12.0.3}
System.Reactive	4.0.0}

Tested On

Windows 10 1909

Visual Studio 2019 Community 16.5.1

.NET Framework 4.7.2

Many Thanks

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/retrieve-access-token-for-google-service-account-form-json-or-p12-key-in-c-sharp/ https://github.com/step-up-labs/firebase-database-dotnet

License

No license :)