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Can i access the firebase realtime database security rules via REST?

I'm looking to set up emulated testing of my security rules, and currently the docs recommend loading your rules into a file and then reading that file into the emulator.

const rules = fs.readFileSync("database.rules.json", "utf8");

What I'd rather do is load in the latest security rules from my project, so that I know that any changes I make to it can be tested instantly and are working properly.

Is it possible to access the security rules via REST?

Solution

  • According to the reference documentation you can retrieve security rules via a REST GET call. From there:

    curl 'https://[PROJECT_ID].firebaseio/.settings/rules.json?auth=FIREBASE_SECRET'
curl -X PUT -d '{ "rules": { ".read": true } }' 'https://[PROJECT_ID].firebaseio/.settings/rules.json?auth=FIREBASE_SECRET'