Firebase REST streaming

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#1

I am building a chat app using firebase. It works in Javascript but causing me a lot problem in performance and interaction on the interface using it in a webview. I try to change the chat to LUA. I can get data from firebase and can send data to the firebase using their REST service.

Here is the problem:

I need to listen to the changed data. And I need to use the REST streaming. I could not find any example on how corona can do it. Can someone help?

#2

Use something like POSTMAN or Fiddler to test your calls and then replicate those exact calls in Lua using the network.* library. If you’re having trouble doing that, post your calls here in the forum compared with the call that you’re trying to make and we can help.

#3

I need EventSource / Server-Sent Events protocol. But I can’t see the network library support this thing.

Here is the firebase REST API I want to use:

https://www.firebase.com/docs/rest/api/#section-streaming

#4

According to the firsbase REST API, I should be the following:

  1. Set the client’s Accept header to text/event-stream
  2. Respect HTTP Redirects, in particular HTTP status code 307
  3. Include the auth query parameter if the Firebase location requires persmission to read

I think I know how to handle #3. But I don’t know if the corona network API can be #1 and #2.

#5

Use something like POSTMAN or Fiddler to test your calls and then replicate those exact calls in Lua using the network.* library. If you’re having trouble doing that, post your calls here in the forum compared with the call that you’re trying to make and we can help.

#6

I need EventSource / Server-Sent Events protocol. But I can’t see the network library support this thing.

Here is the firebase REST API I want to use:

https://www.firebase.com/docs/rest/api/#section-streaming

#7

According to the firsbase REST API, I should be the following:

  1. Set the client’s Accept header to text/event-stream
  2. Respect HTTP Redirects, in particular HTTP status code 307
  3. Include the auth query parameter if the Firebase location requires persmission to read

I think I know how to handle #3. But I don’t know if the corona network API can be #1 and #2.

#8

I am trying to use REST streaming with Firebase and Corona SDK now. Did you ever figure out how to get it working?

#9

no…I don’t have solution yet…what i can do is to keep calling firebase every second which is a really bad workaround

#10

I am trying to use REST streaming with Firebase and Corona SDK now. Did you ever figure out how to get it working?

#11

no…I don’t have solution yet…what i can do is to keep calling firebase every second which is a really bad workaround