Ktor Plugin to simplify connecting ktor to firebase admin

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2 years ago

Firetor

Firetor is Ktor plugin to help you simplified connecting to firebase admin

Dependency

Firetor was distributed through jitpack and this sample is using gradle.kts file.

Configured this code in build.gradle.kts

repositories {
    ...
    maven("https://jitpack.io")
}

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation("com.github.KylixEza:firetor:$firetor_version")
}

firetor_version depends on released tag, you can check released tag in jitpack banner above.

Setup

This is some steps to configure Firetor:

Go to your firebase console
Create new project
Go to project dashboard and choose Project Settings
Choose Service accounts tab and click button Generate new private key
Save admin key into proper folder
Moved that admin key to resource folder in your Ktor Project
Create new Kotlin file in plugins package named Firetor

Firetor.kt

fun Application.configureFiretor() {
    install(Firetor) {
        setAdminKey("your-admin-key-file-name.json")
        setBasicConfiguration {
            //Setup other Firebase Options configuration manually
        }
    }
}

Function	Parameters	Parameter Type	Example	Mandatory
`setAdminKey()`	fileName	String	“firetor-sample-admin-key.json”	Yes
`enableFirebaseStorage()`	bucketUrl	String	“firetor-sample.appspot.com”	No
`setBasicConfiguration()`	config	FirbaseOptions.Builder.() -> FirebaseOptions.Builder?	setDatabaseUrl(“”)	No

Application.kt

fun main() {
    ...
}

fun Application.module() {
    ...
    configureFiretor()
}

Firetor still has access to configure other firebase options such as setDatabaseUrl, setThreadManager, setGoogleCredendtials, etc. But you need to setup that manually through setBasicConfiguration() function and you can write your own code as stated in firebase’s documentation