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60 changes: 42 additions & 18 deletions doc/firebase-cloud-functions.md
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This is an example of a cloud function that sets a message's status to delivered once the message is received on Firebase.

```ts
import * as functions from 'firebase-functions'

export const changeMessageStatus = functions.firestore
.document('rooms/{roomId}/messages/{messageId}')
.onWrite((change) => {
const message = change.after.data()
if (message) {
if (['delivered', 'read'].includes(message.status)) {
return null
```js
const functions = require("firebase-functions");

exports.changeMessageStatus = functions.firestore
.document("rooms/{roomId}/messages/{messageId}")
.onWrite((change) => {
const message = change.after.data();
if (message) {
if (["delivered", "read"].includes(message.status)) {
return null;
} else {
return change.after.ref.update({
status: "delivered",
});
}
} else {
return null;
}
});
```

This is an example of a cloud function that sets a room's `lastMessage` to the most recent message sent once recieved in Firestore.

```js
const functions = require("firebase-functions");
const admin = require("firebase-admin");

admin.initializeApp();

const db = admin.firestore();

exports.changeLastMessage = functions.firestore
.document("rooms/{roomId}/messages/{messageId}")
.onUpdate((change, context) => {
const message = change.after.data();
if (message) {
return db.doc("rooms/" + context.params.roomId).update({
lastMessage: message,
});
} else {
return change.after.ref.update({
status: 'delivered',
})
return null;
}
} else {
return null
}
})
});
```

:::important

This function was created using a deprecated Node 8 environment on a free Firebase plan. Starting from March 15, 2021, you will need a paid plan to use Cloud Functions, so there might be a better way to do it. We will explore options to create more examples, including `read` status and push notifications.
Starting from March 15, 2021, you will need a paid plan to use Cloud Functions, so there might be a better way to do it. We will explore options to create more examples, including `read` status and push notifications.

:::