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FirebaseFirestore Framework Reference

FIRCollectionReference


@interface FIRCollectionReference : FIRQuery

A CollectionReference object can be used for adding documents, getting document references, and querying for documents (using the methods inherited from Query).

  • ID of the referenced collection.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *_Nonnull collectionID;

  • For subcollections, parent returns the containing DocumentReference. For root collections, nil is returned.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly, nullable) FIRDocumentReference *parent;

  • A string containing the slash-separated path to this this CollectionReference (relative to the root of the database).

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *_Nonnull path;

  • Returns a DocumentReference pointing to a new document with an auto-generated ID.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    - (nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)documentWithAutoID;

    Return Value

    A DocumentReference pointing to a new document with an auto-generated ID.

  • Gets a DocumentReference referring to the document at the specified path, relative to this collection’s own path.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    - (nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)documentWithPath:
    (nonnull NSString *)documentPath;

    Parameters

    documentPath

    The slash-separated relative path of the document for which to get a DocumentReference.

    Return Value

    The DocumentReference for the specified document path.

  • Adds a new document to this collection with the specified data, assigning it a document ID automatically.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    - (nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)addDocumentWithData:
    (nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)data;

    Parameters

    data

    A Dictionary containing the data for the new document.

    Return Value

    A DocumentReference pointing to the newly created document.

  • Adds a new document to this collection with the specified data, assigning it a document ID automatically.

    Declaration

    Objective-C

    - (nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)
    addDocumentWithData:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)data
             completion:(nullable void (^)(NSError *_Nullable))completion;

    Parameters

    data

    A Dictionary containing the data for the new document.
    completion

    A block to execute once the document has been successfully written to the server. This block will not be called while the client is offline, though local changes will be visible immediately.

    Return Value

    A DocumentReference pointing to the newly created document.