I want to delete an item from the Firebase real-time database by clicking the button in JavaScript. I get data from the database directly in the frontend. When I click the Delete button, the corresponding object should be removed from the database and the front end. I tried some logic functions and deleted a certain element from the database, but my HTML page did not update.
I have to refresh the page every time. How can I delete it in real-time?
Here is my complete code https://jsfiddle.net/waqasumer/x1ugL5yr/
function deleteTodo(e) {
const key = e.parentElement.parentElement.getAttribute('data-key');
firebase.database().ref('tasks').child(key).remove();
}
var main = document.getElementById("main-section");
function saveData() {
var todo = document.getElementById("todo-item");
if (todo.value === "") {
alert("Please enter task");
} else {
var key = firebase.database().ref('tasks').push().key;
var tasks = {
todo: todo.value,
key: key
}
firebase.database().ref('tasks/' + key).set(tasks);
document.getElementById("todo-item").value = "";
}
}
function getData() {
firebase.database().ref('tasks').on('child_added', function (data) {
var item = data.val().todo;
var key = data.val().key;
console.log(data.val());
var row = document.createElement("div");
row.setAttribute("class", "row");
row.setAttribute("data-key", key);
var col1 = document.createElement("div");
col1.setAttribute("class", "col text");
var task = document.createTextNode(item);
col1.appendChild(task);
row.appendChild(col1);
var col2 = document.createElement("div");
col2.setAttribute("class", "col");
var editBtn = document.createElement("button");
editBtn.setAttribute("class", "btn btn-success btn-circle btn-sm fa fa-pencil-square-o");
editBtn.setAttribute("onclick", "editTodo(this)");
col2.appendChild(editBtn);
row.appendChild(col2);
var col3 = document.createElement("div");
col3.setAttribute("class", "col");
var deleteBtn = document.createElement("button");
deleteBtn.setAttribute("class", "btn btn-primary btn-circle btn-sm btn-danger fa fa-remove");
deleteBtn.setAttribute("onclick", "deleteTodo(this)");
col3.appendChild(deleteBtn);
row.appendChild(col3);
main.appendChild(row);
})
}
getData();
function deleteAll() {
firebase.database().ref('tasks').remove();
main.innerHTML = "";
}
function deleteTodo(e) {
const key = e.parentElement.parentElement.getAttribute('data-key');
firebase.database().ref('tasks').child(key).remove();
}
Yes, As far as I saw. you have to refresh the page to get updated data.
This is because you are using 'child_added' in your event listener which gets triggered only when a new child is added.
firebase.database().ref('tasks').on('child_added', function (data){})
You can just refer this and add value listeners to your function such that it retrieves data every time when the child gets changed.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/web/read-and-write#listen_for_value_events
EDIT
You can also delete a value using set() or update() method by passing null.
In this case, you can have a callback function. You can use this callback function to update your DOM.
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