Integrate firebase database with laravel and save functionality

 How to Integrate firebase database with laravel and save functionality

In this tutorial, we will use default firebase database so first login to google console and go to project settings -> service account adn click on generate new private key and download it and put it in root folder of laravel app

1) Install Google Cloud Firestore via Composer:

composer require google/cloud-firestore


2) Add Firebase Credentials to .env file: Ensure you have added the following in your .env file:
FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS=./firebase_credentials.json
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=mydb

3) Create a Firestore Service Provider: You need to create a service provider to configure Firestore in your Laravel app. Run the following command to generate a service provider:

php artisan make:provider FirestoreServiceProvider

4) Configure Firestore in the Service Provider: Open the newly created FirestoreServiceProvider.php file and configure Firestore:

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Google\Cloud\Firestore\FirestoreClient;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class FirestoreServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Register services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->singleton(FirestoreClient::class, function ($app) {
            $config = [
                'projectId' => env('FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID'),
                'keyFilePath' => base_path(env('FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS')),
            ];

            return new FirestoreClient($config);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Bootstrap services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        //
    }
}


5) Register the Service Provider: Add the newly created service provider to the providers array in config/app.php:
'providers' => [
    // Other service providers...
    App\Providers\FirestoreServiceProvider::class,
],


6) Using Firestore in Your Application: Now you can use Firestore in your controllers or services. For example, to save data to the inquiries collection, you can do the following in a controller:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Google\Cloud\Firestore\FirestoreClient;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class InquiryController extends Controller
{
    protected $firestore;

    public function __construct(FirestoreClient $firestore)
    {
        $this->firestore = $firestore;
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $data = [
            'name' => $request->input('name'),
            'email' => $request->input('email'),
            'message' => $request->input('message'),
            'created_at' => now(),
        ];

        $this->firestore->collection('inquiries')->add($data);

        return response()->json(['success' => 'Inquiry saved successfully.']);
    }
}


7) Define a Route: Add a route to handle the inquiry submission in routes/web.php or routes/api.php:

use App\Http\Controllers\InquiryController; Route::post('/inquiries', [InquiryController::class, 'store']);



thats it ! now access the url