Write from Google Firebase to Google Sheets using Google Apps script

Question

Trying to retrieve form entries which are stored in google firebase under the node called entries and append to a google sheet using the script editor in google sheets.

I have added the FirebaseApp library to google sheet script editor. Then my code looks like this:

function getAllData() {
  var firebaseUrl = "https://myapp.firebaseio.com/";
  var secret = "pCOCwKCC582jpqdZe2EqPqnW3IAd3UyO9oB4uaEL2";
  var base = FirebaseApp.getDatabaseByUrl(firebaseUrl, secret);
  var data = base.getData();
    Logger.log(data);
}

when I run this nothing happens. Any ideas?

Next I need to add the returned data from firebase to the google sheet. I was using this code to do this via the sheets api, however I'm not sure how this works in the google script editor?

  function addEntries() {
    gapi.client.sheets.spreadsheets.values.append({
      spreadsheetId: '10lyQpQtEA7euCfdU2isrqB_bgPuy-eSbW74h7oDP3ko',
      range: "Sheet1!A1:D100",
      majorDimension: "ROWS",
        "values": [
          ["testa", "testb", "testc", "testd"]
        ],
      valueInputOption: 'USER_ENTERED'
    }).then(function(response) {

    }, function(response) {
      appendPre('Error: ' + response.result.error.message);
    });
  }

Answer 1

I'm using the newest Firebase version. This snippet code works for me.

function getFacturasClientesExistentes() {
var firebaseUrl = "https://test.firebaseio.com/FacturasBLP/clienteExistente";
var base = FirebaseApp.getDatabaseByUrl(firebaseUrl);
var data = base.getData();

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Facturas Clientes Existentes");

var num = 2;
range = sheet.getRange("A"+num+":F"+num+"");
for(var i in data) {
  var values = [
  [ data[i].fecha, data[i].sucursal, data[i].cantidad, data[i].cliente, data[i].correo, data[i].estatus ]
  ];
  range.setValues(values);
  num += 1;
  range = sheet.getRange("A"+num+":F"+num+"");
  } 
}

Some notes:

1. I have previously write the headers for my data in the spreadsheet
2. In the line range = sheet.getRange("A"+num+":F"+num+""); from A to FI have my headers

Answer 2

I hope this helps someone, this worked for me.

function writeSheets() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("10lyQpQtEA7euCfdU2isrqB_bgPuy-eSbW74h7oDP3ko");
  var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
  var firebaseUrl = "https://myapp.firebaseio.com/";
  var secret = "pCOCwKCC582jpqdZe2EqPqnW3IAd3UyO9oB4uaEL2";  // get this from firebase project settings
  var base = FirebaseApp.getDatabaseByUrl(firebaseUrl);
  var data = base.getData();
  var keys = Object.keys(data.entries);
  var sheetRow = [];
  var entryKeys;
  for (index in keys) {
    sheetRow = [];
    entryKeys = Object.keys(data.entries[keys[index]])
    for (i in entryKeys) {
      sheetRow.push(data.entries[keys[index]][entryKeys[i]]);
    }
    //Logger.log(sheetRow);
    sheet.appendRow(sheetRow);                            
  }
}

Note: in order for this code to work, you need to install the firebaseapp library in the script editor as per these instructions, https://sites.google.com/site/scriptsexamples/new-connectors-to-google-services/firebase