{"id":180421,"date":"2024-04-30T20:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=180421"},"modified":"2024-02-26T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:59:41","slug":"data-storage-exploring-gcp-firestore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-storage-exploring-gcp-firestore","title":{"rendered":"Data Storage: Exploring GCP Firestore"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"180421\" class=\"elementor elementor-180421\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d96516 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5d96516\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097aa41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"097aa41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whether you're developing a web or mobile application, or any other IT infrastructure, the use of a database is more than essential. And in the age of Big Data, cloud-based databases are all the rage. Among the most popular is GCP Firestore. In this article, we introduce you to this Google cloud service, its use, advantages and disadvantages. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8a122 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ca8a122\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a11370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a11370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Google Firestore?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b6089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1b6089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GCP firestore<\/strong> is a<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/sql-vs-nosql\"> NoSQL database<\/a> that enables organizations to store all their data in the cloud. In this way, data can be accessed from a multitude of devices.<\/p><p>This applies not only to the organization&#8217;s internal staff, but also to all other users of the application or web infrastructure (such as customers or partners). Thanks to <strong>Google Firestone,<\/strong> data can easily be shared between multiple users.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d1402 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"66d1402\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b6df3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0b6df3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why use Cloud Firestore?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee258a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ee258a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A serverless Cloud NoSQL database <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d37b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19d37b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As <strong>GCP Firestore<\/strong> is a cloud database, it allows organizations to reap all the benefits of this technology, such as:<\/p><ul><li>easy data sharing between users<\/li><li>access to data from different devices, and even different locations around the world;<\/li><li>simplified scaling.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4e051c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4e051c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What&#8217;s more, Google Firestore is a serverless database. This means that companies don&#8217;t need to install their own servers to host their data, so they can continue working day and night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70cc43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c70cc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scalability<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0106200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0106200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When the number of users, workloads or functionalities increase too rapidly, applications tend to run into difficulties due to a lack of sufficient capacity. Here again, <strong>GCP Firestore<\/strong> guarantees improved scalability of services.<\/p><p>Regardless of the number of users and functions available.<strong> Firestore<\/strong> is therefore an extremely flexible, scalable cloud database that can be easily adapted to meet business needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe83a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebe83a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flexibility<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127825f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"127825f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Cloud Firestore supports all types of data, from simple strings and encrypted data to complex nested objects.<\/p><p>What&#8217;s more, data can be organized according to business needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-architecture-definition-and-importance-in-data-science\">Data structures are both flexible and hierarchical.<\/a> You can store your resources in different documents and integrate them into collections and sub-collections. These collections make it easier to organize data and create queries. Above all, they make it easier to adapt to <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/redis-the-favorite-nosql-database-for-developers\">database growth.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba509c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ba509c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data search<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c055ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c055ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To find the information you need in Cloud Firestore, you can use expressive queries. These can include combined or uncombined filters, as well as sorting or limit systems. You can retrieve entire collections, nested sub-collections or individual documents.<\/p><p>Real-time listeners can also be added. This allows you to be alerted to any changes in client applications. You only retrieve updates, not your entire database, with each change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1fab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae1fab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gcp-firestore1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267647e elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"267647e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn how to use Cloud Firestore<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9caeced elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9caeced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data synchronization<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dad11e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dad11e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GCP Firestore<\/strong> simplifies data synchronization, both client- and server-side. As a result, data is updated in real time on any connected device.<\/p><p>In addition, <strong>Firestore<\/strong> supports offline web and mobile applications. So, even in the absence of Internet connectivity or slow network speeds, it&#8217;s still possible to create responsive applications. This means writing, reading, listening and querying data.<\/p><p>To this end, actively used data is cached. When the connection is restored, all local changes are synchronized with the cloud.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c9b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9c9b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Good to know: All other products from Firebase or Google Cloud integrate automatically into GCP Firestore, with no need for configuration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f503c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66f503c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Safety<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1214795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1214795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Security being one of the main issues for organizations, <strong>GCP Firestore<\/strong> services reinforce access thanks to various protection systems:<\/p><p>Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore security rules for Android and Apple applications; <br \/>JavaScript or Identity and <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-identity-access-management-iam-how-does-it-work\">Access Management (IAM) for server-side infrastructures and languages.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc2e0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"dfc2e0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f869f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f869f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the limits of Google Firestore?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5acfcd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5acfcd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite all the advantages of GCP Firestore, you should be aware of its limitations. Here are the main ones:<\/p><ul><li>It&#8217;s not an <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/open-source-definition-use-cases-and-more\">open source solution<\/a>: in other words, it&#8217;s not possible to modify the source code.<\/li><li>Queries can sometimes be slow: there are several limits in terms of writing frequency, document size, simultaneous connections, etc.<\/li><li>Pricing is sometimes difficult to anticipate: GCP&#8217;s principle is to pay only for what you use. This is excellent, but it can also pose some problems in terms of budgeting.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f9b73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d9f9b73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1b850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab1b850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does the Firestore database work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed0d84d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed0d84d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GCP Firestore is relatively simple to operate. Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p><ul><li>To access the<strong> database<\/strong> from your Apple, Android and Web applications, you need to use native SDKs (Node.js, Java, Python, Unity, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/c-what-is-this-computer-language-for\">C++<\/a> and Go).<\/li><li><strong>Next,<\/strong> it&#8217;s vital to secure your data, either via Cloud Firestore security rules, or via identity and access management (IAM).<\/li><li>Once the security parameters are well configured, you can add your data and model the database by creating documents, collections and sub-collections.<\/li><li>Depending on your needs, you can then create queries to retrieve the required information, or use real-time listeners to identify the latest updates.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4872059 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"4872059\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4996209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4996209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join DataScientest to master GCP<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e70f39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e70f39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GCP Firestore<\/strong> is the essential tool for web and mobile development on Google Cloud. 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