Cloud Firestore API - Class Google::Cloud::Firestore::DocumentListener (v3.1.0)

Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Firestore API class Google::Cloud::Firestore::DocumentListener.

DocumentListener

An ongoing listen operation on a document reference. This is returned by calling Google::Cloud::Firestore::DocumentReference#listen.

Inherits

  • Object

Includes

  • MonitorMixin

Example

require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new

# Get a document reference
nyc_ref = firestore.doc "cities/NYC"

listener = nyc_ref.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "The population of #{snapshot[:name]} is #{snapshot[:population]}."
end

# When ready, stop the listen operation and close the stream.
listener.stop

Methods

#last_error

def last_error() -> Exception, nil

The most recent unhandled error to occur while listening for changes.

If an unhandled error has occurred the listener will attempt to recover from the error and resume listening.

Returns
  • (Exception, nil) — error The most recent error raised.
Example 
require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new

# Get a document reference
nyc_ref = firestore.doc "cities/NYC"

listener = nyc_ref.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "The population of #{snapshot[:name]} is #{snapshot[:population]}."
end

# If an error was raised, it can be retrieved here:
listener.last_error #=> nil

# When ready, stop the listen operation and close the stream.
listener.stop

#on_error

def on_error(&block) { |error| ... }

Register to be notified of errors when raised.

If an unhandled error has occurred the listener will attempt to recover from the error and resume listening.

Multiple error handlers can be added.

Yields
  • (callback) — The block to be called when an error is raised.
Yield Parameter
  • error (Exception) — The error raised.
Raises
  • (ArgumentError)
Example 
require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new

# Get a document reference
nyc_ref = firestore.doc "cities/NYC"

listener = nyc_ref.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "The population of #{snapshot[:name]} is #{snapshot[:population]}."
end

# Register to be notified when unhandled errors occur.
listener.on_error do |error|
  puts error
end

# When ready, stop the listen operation and close the stream.
listener.stop

#stop

def stop()

Stops the client listening for changes.

Example 
require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new

# Get a document reference
nyc_ref = firestore.doc "cities/NYC"

listener = nyc_ref.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "The population of #{snapshot[:name]} is #{snapshot[:population]}."
end

# When ready, stop the listen operation and close the stream.
listener.stop

#stopped?

def stopped?() -> Boolean

Whether the client has stopped listening for changes.

Returns
  • (Boolean)
Example 
require "google/cloud/firestore"

firestore = Google::Cloud::Firestore.new

# Get a document reference
nyc_ref = firestore.doc "cities/NYC"

listener = nyc_ref.listen do |snapshot|
  puts "The population of #{snapshot[:name]} is #{snapshot[:population]}."
end

# Checks if the listener is stopped.
listener.stopped? #=> false

# When ready, stop the listen operation and close the stream.
listener.stop

# Checks if the listener is stopped.
listener.stopped? #=> true