How to add data to a nested object in Firestore

Question

This is my current Firestore in Firebase.

I need help adding data to the savedSearches map.

I need to use .set() (because a users savedSearches might not exist).

My current attempt looks like this:

database.collection('users').doc(uid).set({savedSearches: data}, {merge: true})

But this doesn't add an object within savedSearches with a unique ID.

When I was using Firebase Realtime Database I was just doing this:

database.ref('users/' + uid + '/savedSearches').push(data)

And that worked perfectly. How can I do that in Firestore?

Prime · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-03 11:47:05Z

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If your document contains an array field, you can use arrayUnion() and arrayRemove() to add and remove elements. arrayUnion() adds elements to an array but only elements not already present. arrayRemove() removes all instances of each given element.

database.collection('users').doc(uid).update({
    savedSearches: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.arrayUnion(data)
});

answered Nov 3, 2020 at 11:47

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Julius Over a year ago

Thank you. This somehow works even when savedSearches isn't already defined, which I thought weren't possible with .update()

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