Can't run new firebase in node

Question

I'm following along with this talk from google . However I can't instantiate a firebase object.

I have a package.json file and started with:

npm install firebase --save

Then did the following:

let Firebase = require('firebase');
let myFire   = new Firebase('[link to my app]');

However, when I run the johhny-five app from terminal, I get the error: Firebase is not a function .

How am I supposed to intstantiate the object? Did Firebase change their API?

_{Note: I injected it into the repl and running >> typeof Firebase I get that it's actually an 'object'.}

Answer 1

Yes, they changed the API, take a look: Upgrade your Web / Node.js app from Firebase.com .

This is how you do it now:

// See https://firebase.google.com/docs/web/setup#project_setup for how to
// auto-generate this config
var config = {
  apiKey: "apiKey",
  authDomain: "projectId.firebaseapp.com",
  databaseURL: "https://databaseName.firebaseio.com"
};

firebase.initializeApp(config);

var rootRef = firebase.database().ref();

To get the config values, go to the URL at the top of the previous code, Add Firebase to your Web Project , which guides you to do the following:

To add Firebase to your app, you'll need a Firebase project and a short snippet of code to add to your application HTML that has a few details about your project.

1. Create a Firebase project in the Firebase console, if you don't already have one.
   • If you already have an existing Google project associated with your app, click Import Google Project. Otherwise, click Create New Project.
   • If you already have a project, click Add App from the project overview page.
2. Click Add Firebase to your web app.
3. Click Copy, then paste the code snippet into your application HTML.