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Method: googleapis.firestore.v1.projects.databases.documents.list
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Lists documents.
Arguments
Parameters
collectionId
string
Required. The collection ID, relative to parent
, to list. For example: chatrooms
or messages
.
parent
string
Required. The parent resource name. In the format: projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents
or projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents/{document_path}
. For example: projects/my-project/databases/my-database/documents
or projects/my-project/databases/my-database/documents/chatrooms/my-chatroom
mask.fieldPaths
string
The list of field paths in the mask. See Document.fields for a field path syntax reference.
orderBy
string
The order to sort results by. For example: priority desc, name
.
pageSize
integer (int32 format)
The maximum number of documents to return.
pageToken
string
The next_page_token
value returned from a previous List request, if any.
readTime
string (Timestamp format)
Reads documents as they were at the given time. This may not be older than 270 seconds.
showMissing
boolean
If the list should show missing documents. A missing document is a document that does not exist but has sub-documents. These documents will be returned with a key but will not have fields, Document.create_time, or Document.update_time set. Requests with show_missing
may not specify where
or order_by
.
transaction
string (bytes format)
Reads documents in a transaction.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response contains an instance of ListDocumentsResponse
.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation .
YAML
- list :
call : googleapis.firestore.v1.projects.databases.documents.list
args :
collectionId : ...
parent : ...
mask :
fieldPaths : ...
orderBy : ...
pageSize : ...
pageToken : ...
readTime : ...
showMissing : ...
transaction : ...
result : listResult
JSON
[
{
"list" : {
"call" : "googleapis.firestore.v1.projects.databases.documents.list" ,
"args" : {
"collectionId" : "..." ,
"parent" : "..." ,
"mask" : {
"fieldPaths" : "..."
},
"orderBy" : "..." ,
"pageSize" : "..." ,
"pageToken" : "..." ,
"readTime" : "..." ,
"showMissing" : "..." ,
"transaction" : "..."
},
"result" : "listResult"
}
}
]
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Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC.
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