Get data with Cloud Firestore

There are two ways to retrieve data stored in Cloud Firestore. Either of these methods can be used with documents, collections of documents, or the results of queries:

  • Call a method to get the data.
  • Set a listener to receive data-change events.

When you set a listener, Cloud Firestore sends your listener an initial snapshot of the data, and then another snapshot each time the document changes.

Example data

To get started, write some data about cities so we can look at different ways to read it back:

Web
var citiesRef = db.collection("cities");

citiesRef.doc("SF").set({
    name: "San Francisco", state: "CA", country: "USA",
    capital: false, population: 860000,
    regions: ["west_coast", "norcal"] });
citiesRef.doc("LA").set({
    name: "Los Angeles", state: "CA", country: "USA",
    capital: false, population: 3900000,
    regions: ["west_coast", "socal"] });
citiesRef.doc("DC").set({
    name: "Washington, D.C.", state: null, country: "USA",
    capital: true, population: 680000,
    regions: ["east_coast"] });
citiesRef.doc("TOK").set({
    name: "Tokyo", state: null, country: "Japan",
    capital: true, population: 9000000,
    regions: ["kanto", "honshu"] });
citiesRef.doc("BJ").set({
    name: "Beijing", state: null, country: "China",
    capital: true, population: 21500000,
    regions: ["jingjinji", "hebei"] });
test.firestore.js
Swift
let citiesRef = db.collection("cities")

citiesRef.document("SF").setData([
    "name": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "country": "USA",
    "capital": false,
    "population": 860000,
    "regions": ["west_coast", "norcal"]
    ])
citiesRef.document("LA").setData([
    "name": "Los Angeles",
    "state": "CA",
    "country": "USA",
    "capital": false,
    "population": 3900000,
    "regions": ["west_coast", "socal"]
    ])
citiesRef.document("DC").setData([
    "name": "Washington D.C.",
    "country": "USA",
    "capital": true,
    "population": 680000,
    "regions": ["east_coast"]
    ])
citiesRef.document("TOK").setData([
    "name": "Tokyo",
    "country": "Japan",
    "capital": true,
    "population": 9000000,
    "regions": ["kanto", "honshu"]
    ])
citiesRef.document("BJ").setData([
    "name": "Beijing",
    "country": "China",
    "capital": true,
    "population": 21500000,
    "regions": ["jingjinji", "hebei"]
    ])
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
FIRCollectionReference *citiesRef = [self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"];
[[citiesRef documentWithPath:@"SF"] setData:@{
  @"name": @"San Francisco",
  @"state": @"CA",
  @"country": @"USA",
  @"capital": @(NO),
  @"population": @860000,
  @"regions": @[@"west_coast", @"norcal"]
}];
[[citiesRef documentWithPath:@"LA"] setData:@{
  @"name": @"Los Angeles",
  @"state": @"CA",
  @"country": @"USA",
  @"capital": @(NO),
  @"population": @3900000,
  @"regions": @[@"west_coast", @"socal"]
}];
[[citiesRef documentWithPath:@"DC"] setData:@{
  @"name": @"Washington D.C.",
  @"country": @"USA",
  @"capital": @(YES),
  @"population": @680000,
  @"regions": @[@"east_coast"]
}];
[[citiesRef documentWithPath:@"TOK"] setData:@{
  @"name": @"Tokyo",
  @"country": @"Japan",
  @"capital": @(YES),
  @"population": @9000000,
  @"regions": @[@"kanto", @"honshu"]
}];
[[citiesRef documentWithPath:@"BJ"] setData:@{
  @"name": @"Beijing",
  @"country": @"China",
  @"capital": @(YES),
  @"population": @21500000,
  @"regions": @[@"jingjinji", @"hebei"]
}];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
CollectionReference cities = db.collection("cities");

Map<String, Object> data1 = new HashMap<>();
data1.put("name", "San Francisco");
data1.put("state", "CA");
data1.put("country", "USA");
data1.put("capital", false);
data1.put("population", 860000);
data1.put("regions", Arrays.asList("west_coast", "norcal"));
cities.document("SF").set(data1);

Map<String, Object> data2 = new HashMap<>();
data2.put("name", "Los Angeles");
data2.put("state", "CA");
data2.put("country", "USA");
data2.put("capital", false);
data2.put("population", 3900000);
data2.put("regions", Arrays.asList("west_coast", "socal"));
cities.document("LA").set(data2);

Map<String, Object> data3 = new HashMap<>();
data3.put("name", "Washington D.C.");
data3.put("state", null);
data3.put("country", "USA");
data3.put("capital", true);
data3.put("population", 680000);
data3.put("regions", Arrays.asList("east_coast"));
cities.document("DC").set(data3);

Map<String, Object> data4 = new HashMap<>();
data4.put("name", "Tokyo");
data4.put("state", null);
data4.put("country", "Japan");
data4.put("capital", true);
data4.put("population", 9000000);
data4.put("regions", Arrays.asList("kanto", "honshu"));
cities.document("TOK").set(data4);

Map<String, Object> data5 = new HashMap<>();
data5.put("name", "Beijing");
data5.put("state", null);
data5.put("country", "China");
data5.put("capital", true);
data5.put("population", 21500000);
data5.put("regions", Arrays.asList("jingjinji", "hebei"));
cities.document("BJ").set(data5);
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
val cities = db.collection("cities")

val data1 = HashMap<String, Any>()
data1["name"] = "San Francisco"
data1["state"] = "CA"
data1["country"] = "USA"
data1["capital"] = false
data1["population"] = 860000
data1["regions"] = listOf("west_coast", "norcal")
cities.document("SF").set(data1)

val data2 = HashMap<String, Any>()
data2["name"] = "Los Angeles"
data2["state"] = "CA"
data2["country"] = "USA"
data2["capital"] = false
data2["population"] = 3900000
data2["regions"] = listOf("west_coast", "socal")
cities.document("LA").set(data2)

val data3 = HashMap<String, Any?>()
data3["name"] = "Washington D.C."
data3["state"] = null
data3["country"] = "USA"
data3["capital"] = true
data3["population"] = 680000
data3["regions"] = listOf("east_coast")
cities.document("DC").set(data3)

val data4 = HashMap<String, Any?>()
data4["name"] = "Tokyo"
data4["state"] = null
data4["country"] = "Japan"
data4["capital"] = true
data4["population"] = 9000000
data4["regions"] = listOf("kanto", "honshu")
cities.document("TOK").set(data4)

val data5 = HashMap<String, Any?>()
data5["name"] = "Beijing"
data5["state"] = null
data5["country"] = "China"
data5["capital"] = true
data5["population"] = 21500000
data5["regions"] = listOf("jingjinji", "hebei")
cities.document("BJ").set(data5)
DocSnippets.kt
Java
CollectionReference cities = db.collection("cities");
List<ApiFuture<WriteResult>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
futures.add(cities.document("SF").set(new City("San Francisco", "CA", "USA", false, 860000L,
    Arrays.asList("west_coast", "norcal"))));
futures.add(cities.document("LA").set(new City("Los Angeles", "CA", "USA", false, 3900000L,
    Arrays.asList("west_coast", "socal"))));
futures.add(cities.document("DC").set(new City("Washington D.C.", null, "USA", true, 680000L,
    Arrays.asList("east_coast"))));
futures.add(cities.document("TOK").set(new City("Tokyo", null, "Japan", true, 9000000L,
    Arrays.asList("kanto", "honshu"))));
futures.add(cities.document("BJ").set(new City("Beijing", null, "China", true, 21500000L,
    Arrays.asList("jingjinji", "hebei"))));
// (optional) block on operation
ApiFutures.allAsList(futures).get();
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
class City(object):
    def __init__(self, name, state, country, capital=False, population=0,
                 regions=[]):
        self.name = name
        self.state = state
        self.country = country
        self.capital = capital
        self.population = population
        self.regions = regions

    @staticmethod
    def from_dict(source):
        # ...

    def to_dict(self):
        # ...

    def __repr__(self):
        return(
            u'City(name={}, country={}, population={}, capital={}, regions={})'
            .format(self.name, self.country, self.population, self.capital,
                    self.regions))

cities_ref = db.collection(u'cities')
cities_ref.document(u'SF').set(
    City(u'San Francisco', u'CA', u'USA', False, 860000,
         [u'west_coast', u'norcal']).to_dict())
cities_ref.document(u'LA').set(
    City(u'Los Angeles', u'CA', u'USA', False, 3900000,
         [u'west_coast', u'socal']).to_dict())
cities_ref.document(u'DC').set(
    City(u'Washington D.C.', None, u'USA', True, 680000,
         [u'east_coast']).to_dict())
cities_ref.document(u'TOK').set(
    City(u'Tokyo', None, u'Japan', True, 9000000,
         [u'kanto', u'honshu']).to_dict())
cities_ref.document(u'BJ').set(
    City(u'Beijing', None, u'China', True, 21500000, [u'hebei']).to_dict())
snippets.py
Node.js
var citiesRef = db.collection('cities');

var setSf = citiesRef.doc('SF').set({
  name: 'San Francisco', state: 'CA', country: 'USA',
  capital: false, population: 860000
});
var setLa = citiesRef.doc('LA').set({
  name: 'Los Angeles', state: 'CA', country: 'USA',
  capital: false, population: 3900000
});
var setDc = citiesRef.doc('DC').set({
  name: 'Washington, D.C.', state: null, country: 'USA',
  capital: true, population: 680000
});
var setTok = citiesRef.doc('TOK').set({
  name: 'Tokyo', state: null, country: 'Japan',
  capital: true, population: 9000000
});
var setBj = citiesRef.doc('BJ').set({
  name: 'Beijing', state: null, country: 'China',
  capital: true, population: 21500000
});
index.js
Go
cities := []struct {
	id string
	c  City
}{
	{id: "SF", c: City{Name: "San Francisco", State: "CA", Country: "USA", Capital: false, Population: 860000}},
	{id: "LA", c: City{Name: "Los Angeles", State: "CA", Country: "USA", Capital: false, Population: 3900000}},
	{id: "DC", c: City{Name: "Washington D.C.", Country: "USA", Capital: true, Population: 680000}},
	{id: "TOK", c: City{Name: "Tokyo", Country: "Japan", Capital: true, Population: 9000000}},
	{id: "BJ", c: City{Name: "Beijing", Country: "China", Capital: true, Population: 21500000}},
}
for _, c := range cities {
	_, err := client.Collection("cities").Doc(c.id).Set(ctx, c.c)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
}
retrieve.go
PHP
$citiesRef = $db->collection('cities');
$citiesRef->document('SF')->set([
    'name' => 'San Francisco',
    'state' => 'CA',
    'country' => 'USA',
    'capital' => false,
    'population' => 860000
]);
$citiesRef->document('LA')->set([
    'name' => 'Los Angeles',
    'state' => 'CA',
    'country' => 'USA',
    'capital' => false,
    'population' => 3900000
]);
$citiesRef->document('DC')->set([
    'name' => 'Washington D.C.',
    'state' => null,
    'country' => 'USA',
    'capital' => true,
    'population' => 680000
]);
$citiesRef->document('TOK')->set([
    'name' => 'Tokyo',
    'state' => null,
    'country' => 'Japan',
    'capital' => true,
    'population' => 9000000
]);
$citiesRef->document('BJ')->set([
    'name' => 'Beijing',
    'state' => null,
    'country' => 'China',
    'capital' => true,
    'population' => 21500000
]);
printf('Added example cities data to the cities collection.' . PHP_EOL);
retrieve_create_examples.php
C#
CollectionReference citiesRef = db.Collection("cities");
await citiesRef.Document("SF").SetAsync(new Dictionary<string, object>(){
    { "Name", "San Francisco" },
    { "State", "CA" },
    { "Country", "USA" },
    { "Capital", false },
    { "Population", 860000 }
});
await citiesRef.Document("LA").SetAsync(new Dictionary<string, object>(){
    { "Name", "Los Angeles" },
    { "State", "CA" },
    { "Country", "USA" },
    { "Capital", false },
    { "Population", 3900000 }
});
await citiesRef.Document("DC").SetAsync(new Dictionary<string, object>(){
    { "Name", "Washington D.C." },
    { "State", null },
    { "Country", "USA" },
    { "Capital", true },
    { "Population", 680000 }
});
await citiesRef.Document("TOK").SetAsync(new Dictionary<string, object>(){
    { "Name", "Tokyo" },
    { "State", null },
    { "Country", "Japan" },
    { "Capital", true },
    { "Population", 9000000 }
});
await citiesRef.Document("BJ").SetAsync(new Dictionary<string, object>(){
    { "Name", "Beijing" },
    { "State", null },
    { "Country", "China" },
    { "Capital", true },
    { "Population", 21500000 }
});
Console.WriteLine("Added example cities data to the cities collection.");
Program.cs
Ruby
cities_ref = firestore.col "cities"
cities_ref.doc("SF").set(
  name:       "San Francisco",
  state:      "CA",
  country:    "USA",
  capital:    false,
  population: 860_000
)
cities_ref.doc("LA").set(
  name:       "Los Angeles",
  state:      "CA",
  country:    "USA",
  capital:    false,
  population: 3_900_000
)
cities_ref.doc("DC").set(
  name:       "Washington D.C.",
  state:      nil,
  country:    "USA",
  capital:    true,
  population: 680_000
)
cities_ref.doc("TOK").set(
  name:       "Tokyo",
  state:      nil,
  country:    "Japan",
  capital:    true,
  population: 9_000_000
)
cities_ref.doc("BJ").set(
  name:       "Beijing",
  state:      nil,
  country:    "China",
  capital:    true,
  population: 21_500_000
)
get_data.rb

Get a document

The following example shows how to retrieve the contents of a single document using get():

Web
var docRef = db.collection("cities").doc("SF");

docRef.get().then(function(doc) {
    if (doc.exists) {
        console.log("Document data:", doc.data());
    } else {
        // doc.data() will be undefined in this case
        console.log("No such document!");
    }
}).catch(function(error) {
    console.log("Error getting document:", error);
});
test.firestore.js
Swift
let docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")

docRef.getDocument { (document, error) in
    if let document = document, document.exists {
        let dataDescription = document.data().map(String.init(describing:)) ?? "nil"
        print("Document data: \(dataDescription)")
    } else {
        print("Document does not exist")
    }
}
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
FIRDocumentReference *docRef =
    [[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"SF"];
[docRef getDocumentWithCompletion:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
  if (snapshot.exists) {
    // Document data may be nil if the document exists but has no keys or values.
    NSLog(@"Document data: %@", snapshot.data);
  } else {
    NSLog(@"Document does not exist");
  }
}];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
docRef.get().addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<DocumentSnapshot> task) {
        if (task.isSuccessful()) {
            DocumentSnapshot document = task.getResult();
            if (document.exists()) {
                Log.d(TAG, "DocumentSnapshot data: " + document.getData());
            } else {
                Log.d(TAG, "No such document");
            }
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "get failed with ", task.getException());
        }
    }
});
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")
docRef.get()
        .addOnSuccessListener { document ->
            if (document != null) {
                Log.d(TAG, "DocumentSnapshot data: ${document.data}")
            } else {
                Log.d(TAG, "No such document")
            }
        }
        .addOnFailureListener { exception ->
            Log.d(TAG, "get failed with ", exception)
        }
DocSnippets.kt
Java
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");
// asynchronously retrieve the document
ApiFuture<DocumentSnapshot> future = docRef.get();
// ...
// future.get() blocks on response
DocumentSnapshot document = future.get();
if (document.exists()) {
  System.out.println("Document data: " + document.getData());
} else {
  System.out.println("No such document!");
}
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
doc_ref = db.collection(u'cities').document(u'SF')

try:
    doc = doc_ref.get()
    print(u'Document data: {}'.format(doc.to_dict()))
except google.cloud.exceptions.NotFound:
    print(u'No such document!')
snippets.py
Node.js
var cityRef = db.collection('cities').doc('SF');
var getDoc = cityRef.get()
  .then(doc => {
    if (!doc.exists) {
      console.log('No such document!');
    } else {
      console.log('Document data:', doc.data());
    }
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Error getting document', err);
  });
index.js
Go
dsnap, err := client.Collection("cities").Doc("SF").Get(ctx)
if err != nil {
	return nil, err
}
m := dsnap.Data()
fmt.Printf("Document data: %#v\n", m)
retrieve.go
PHP
$docRef = $db->collection('cities')->document('SF');
$snapshot = $docRef->snapshot();

if ($snapshot->exists()) {
    printf('Document data:' . PHP_EOL);
    print_r($snapshot->data());
} else {
    printf('Document %s does not exist!' . PHP_EOL, $snapshot->id());
}
get_document.php
C#
DocumentReference docRef = db.Collection("cities").Document("SF");
DocumentSnapshot snapshot = await docRef.GetSnapshotAsync();
if (snapshot.Exists)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Document data for {0} document:", snapshot.Id);
    Dictionary<string, object> city = snapshot.ToDictionary();
    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> pair in city)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", pair.Key, pair.Value);
    }
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Document {0} does not exist!", snapshot.Id);
}
Program.cs
Ruby
doc_ref  = firestore.doc "cities/SF"
snapshot = doc_ref.get
if snapshot.exists?
  puts "#{snapshot.document_id} data: #{snapshot.data}."
else
  puts "Document #{snapshot.document_id} does not exist!"
end
get_data.rb

Source Options

For platforms with offline support, you can set the source option to control how a get call uses the offline cache.

By default, a get call will attempt to fetch the latest document snapshot from your database. On platforms with offline support, the client library will use the offline cache if the network is unavailable or if the request times out.

You can specify the source option in a get() call to change the default behavior. You can fetch from only the database and ignore the offline cache, or you can fetch from only the offline cache. For example:

Web
var docRef = db.collection("cities").doc("SF");

// Valid options for source are 'server', 'cache', or
// 'default'. See https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.firestore.GetOptions
// for more information.
var getOptions = {
    source: 'cache'
};

// Get a document, forcing the SDK to fetch from the offline cache.
docRef.get(getOptions).then(function(doc) {
    // Document was found in the cache. If no cached document exists,
    // an error will be returned to the 'catch' block below.
    console.log("Cached document data:", doc.data());
}).catch(function(error) {
    console.log("Error getting cached document:", error);
});
test.firestore.js
Swift
let docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")

// Force the SDK to fetch the document from the cache. Could also specify
// FirestoreSource.server or FirestoreSource.default.
docRef.getDocument(source: .cache) { (document, error) in
  if let document = document {
    let dataDescription = document.data().map(String.init(describing:)) ?? "nil"
    print("Cached document data: \(dataDescription)")
  } else {
    print("Document does not exist in cache")
  }
}
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
FIRDocumentReference *docRef =
[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"SF"];

// Force the SDK to fetch the document from the cache. Could also specify
// FIRFirestoreSourceServer or FIRFirestoreSourceDefault.
[docRef getDocumentWithSource:FIRFirestoreSourceCache
                   completion:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
  if (snapshot != NULL) {
    // The document data was found in the cache.
    NSLog(@"Cached document data: %@", snapshot.data);
  } else {
    // The document data was not found in the cache.
    NSLog(@"Document does not exist in cache: %@", error);
  }
}];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF");

// Source can be CACHE, SERVER, or DEFAULT.
Source source = Source.CACHE;

// Get the document, forcing the SDK to use the offline cache
docRef.get(source).addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<DocumentSnapshot> task) {
        if (task.isSuccessful()) {
            // Document found in the offline cache
            DocumentSnapshot document = task.getResult();
            Log.d(TAG, "Cached document data: " + document.getData());
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "Cached get failed: ", task.getException());
        }
    }
});
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("SF")

// Source can be CACHE, SERVER, or DEFAULT.
val source = Source.CACHE

// Get the document, forcing the SDK to use the offline cache
docRef.get(source).addOnCompleteListener { task ->
    if (task.isSuccessful) {
        // Document found in the offline cache
        val document = task.result!!
        Log.d(TAG, "Cached document data: ${document.data}")
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "Cached get failed: ", task.exception)
    }
}
DocSnippets.kt
Java
// Not supported in the Java SDK.
Python
# Not supported in the Python SDK.
Node.js
// Not supported in the Node.js SDK.
Go
// Not supported in the Go SDK.
PHP
// Not supported in the PHP SDK.
C#
// Not supported in the C# SDK.
Ruby
// Not supported in the Ruby SDK.

Custom objects

The previous example retrieved the contents of the document as a map, but in some languages it's often more convenient to use a custom object type. In Add Data, you defined a City class that you used to define each city. You can turn your document back into a City object:

Web
  // Web uses JavaScript objects
Swift
let docRef = db.collection("cities").document("BJ")

docRef.getDocument { (document, error) in
    if let city = document.flatMap({
      $0.data().flatMap({ (data) in
        return City(dictionary: data)
      })
    }) {
        print("City: \(city)")
    } else {
        print("Document does not exist")
    }
}
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
FIRDocumentReference *docRef =
[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] documentWithPath:@"BJ"];
[docRef getDocumentWithCompletion:^(FIRDocumentSnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
  FSTCity *city = [[FSTCity alloc] initWithDictionary:snapshot.data];
  if (city != nil) {
    NSLog(@"City: %@", city);
  } else {
    NSLog(@"Document does not exist");
  }
}];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("BJ");
docRef.get().addOnSuccessListener(new OnSuccessListener<DocumentSnapshot>() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot) {
        City city = documentSnapshot.toObject(City.class);
    }
});
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
val docRef = db.collection("cities").document("BJ")
docRef.get().addOnSuccessListener { documentSnapshot ->
    val city = documentSnapshot.toObject(City::class.java)
}
DocSnippets.kt
Java
DocumentReference docRef = db.collection("cities").document("BJ");
// asynchronously retrieve the document
ApiFuture<DocumentSnapshot> future = docRef.get();
// block on response
DocumentSnapshot document = future.get();
City city = null;
if (document.exists()) {
  // convert document to POJO
  city = document.toObject(City.class);
  System.out.println(city);
} else {
  System.out.println("No such document!");
}
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
doc_ref = db.collection(u'cities').document(u'BJ')

doc = doc_ref.get()
city = City.from_dict(doc.to_dict())
print(city)
snippets.py
Node.js
// Node.js uses JavaScript objects
Go
dsnap, err := client.Collection("cities").Doc("BJ").Get(ctx)
if err != nil {
	return nil, err
}
var c City
dsnap.DataTo(&c)
fmt.Printf("Document data: %#v\n", c)
retrieve.go
PHP
// Not applicable for PHP
C#
DocumentReference docRef = db.Collection("cities").Document("BJ");
DocumentSnapshot snapshot = await docRef.GetSnapshotAsync();
if (snapshot.Exists)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Document data for {0} document:", snapshot.Id);
    City city = snapshot.ConvertTo<City>();
    Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", city.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("State: {0}", city.State);
    Console.WriteLine("Country: {0}", city.Country);
    Console.WriteLine("Capital: {0}", city.Capital);
    Console.WriteLine("Population: {0}", city.Population);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Document {0} does not exist!", snapshot.Id);
}
Program.cs
Ruby
// Not applicable for Ruby

Get multiple documents from a collection

You can also retrieve multiple documents with one request by querying documents in a collection. For example, you can use where() to query for all of the documents that meet a certain condition, then use get() to retrieve the results:

Web
db.collection("cities").where("capital", "==", true)
    .get()
    .then(function(querySnapshot) {
        querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
            // doc.data() is never undefined for query doc snapshots
            console.log(doc.id, " => ", doc.data());
        });
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
        console.log("Error getting documents: ", error);
    });
test.firestore.js
Swift
db.collection("cities").whereField("capital", isEqualTo: true)
    .getDocuments() { (querySnapshot, err) in
        if let err = err {
            print("Error getting documents: \(err)")
        } else {
            for document in querySnapshot!.documents {
                print("\(document.documentID) => \(document.data())")
            }
        }
}
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
[[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"] queryWhereField:@"capital" isEqualTo:@(YES)]
    getDocumentsWithCompletion:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (error != nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error getting documents: %@", error);
      } else {
        for (FIRDocumentSnapshot *document in snapshot.documents) {
          NSLog(@"%@ => %@", document.documentID, document.data);
        }
      }
    }];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("capital", true)
        .get()
        .addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<QuerySnapshot> task) {
                if (task.isSuccessful()) {
                    for (QueryDocumentSnapshot document : task.getResult()) {
                        Log.d(TAG, document.getId() + " => " + document.getData());
                    }
                } else {
                    Log.d(TAG, "Error getting documents: ", task.getException());
                }
            }
        });
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
db.collection("cities")
        .whereEqualTo("capital", true)
        .get()
        .addOnSuccessListener { documents ->
            for (document in documents) {
                Log.d(TAG, "${document.id} => ${document.data}")
            }
        }
        .addOnFailureListener { exception ->
            Log.w(TAG, "Error getting documents: ", exception)
        }
DocSnippets.kt
Java
//asynchronously retrieve multiple documents
ApiFuture<QuerySnapshot> future =
    db.collection("cities").whereEqualTo("capital", true).get();
// future.get() blocks on response
List<QueryDocumentSnapshot> documents = future.get().getDocuments();
for (DocumentSnapshot document : documents) {
  System.out.println(document.getId() + " => " + document.toObject(City.class));
}
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
docs = db.collection(u'cities').where(u'capital', u'==', True).get()

for doc in docs:
    print(u'{} => {}'.format(doc.id, doc.to_dict()))
snippets.py
Node.js
var citiesRef = db.collection('cities');
var query = citiesRef.where('capital', '==', true).get()
  .then(snapshot => {
    if (snapshot.empty) {
      console.log('No matching documents.');
      return;
    }

    snapshot.forEach(doc => {
      console.log(doc.id, '=>', doc.data());
    });
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Error getting documents', err);
  });
index.js
Go
fmt.Println("All capital cities:")
iter := client.Collection("cities").Where("capital", "==", true).Documents(ctx)
for {
	doc, err := iter.Next()
	if err == iterator.Done {
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	fmt.Println(doc.Data())
}
retrieve.go
PHP
$citiesRef = $db->collection('cities');
$query = $citiesRef->where('capital', '=', true);
$documents = $query->documents();
foreach ($documents as $document) {
    if ($document->exists()) {
        printf('Document data for document %s:' . PHP_EOL, $document->id());
        print_r($document->data());
        printf(PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Document %s does not exist!' . PHP_EOL, $snapshot->id());
    }
}
get_multiple_docs.php
C#
Query capitalQuery = db.Collection("cities").WhereEqualTo("Capital", true);
QuerySnapshot capitalQuerySnapshot = await capitalQuery.GetSnapshotAsync();
foreach (DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot in capitalQuerySnapshot.Documents)
{
    if (documentSnapshot.Exists)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Document data for {0} document:", documentSnapshot.Id);
        Dictionary<string, object> city = documentSnapshot.ToDictionary();
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> pair in city)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", pair.Key, pair.Value);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Document {0} does not exist!", documentSnapshot.Id);
    }
}
Program.cs
Ruby
cities_ref = firestore.col "cities"

query = cities_ref.where "capital", "=", true

query.get do |city|
  puts "#{city.document_id} data: #{city.data}."
end
get_data.rb

By default, Cloud Firestore retrieves all documents that satisfy the query in ascending order by document ID, but you can order and limit the data returned.

Get all documents in a collection

In addition, you can retrieve all documents in a collection by omitting the where() filter entirely:

Web
db.collection("cities").get().then(function(querySnapshot) {
    querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
        // doc.data() is never undefined for query doc snapshots
        console.log(doc.id, " => ", doc.data());
    });
});
test.firestore.js
Swift
db.collection("cities").getDocuments() { (querySnapshot, err) in
    if let err = err {
        print("Error getting documents: \(err)")
    } else {
        for document in querySnapshot!.documents {
            print("\(document.documentID) => \(document.data())")
        }
    }
}
ViewController.swift
Objective-C
[[self.db collectionWithPath:@"cities"]
    getDocumentsWithCompletion:^(FIRQuerySnapshot *snapshot, NSError *error) {
      if (error != nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error getting documents: %@", error);
      } else {
        for (FIRDocumentSnapshot *document in snapshot.documents) {
          NSLog(@"%@ => %@", document.documentID, document.data);
        }
      }
    }];
ViewController.m
Java
Android
db.collection("cities")
        .get()
        .addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<QuerySnapshot>() {
            @Override
            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<QuerySnapshot> task) {
                if (task.isSuccessful()) {
                    for (QueryDocumentSnapshot document : task.getResult()) {
                        Log.d(TAG, document.getId() + " => " + document.getData());
                    }
                } else {
                    Log.d(TAG, "Error getting documents: ", task.getException());
                }
            }
        });
DocSnippets.java
Kotlin
Android
db.collection("cities")
        .get()
        .addOnSuccessListener { result ->
            for (document in result) {
                Log.d(TAG, "${document.id} => ${document.data}")
            }
        }
        .addOnFailureListener { exception ->
            Log.d(TAG, "Error getting documents: ", exception)
        }
DocSnippets.kt
Java
//asynchronously retrieve all documents
ApiFuture<QuerySnapshot> future = db.collection("cities").get();
// future.get() blocks on response
List<QueryDocumentSnapshot> documents = future.get().getDocuments();
for (QueryDocumentSnapshot document : documents) {
  System.out.println(document.getId() + " => " + document.toObject(City.class));
}
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
docs = db.collection(u'cities').get()

for doc in docs:
    print(u'{} => {}'.format(doc.id, doc.to_dict()))
snippets.py
Node.js
var citiesRef = db.collection('cities');
var allCities = citiesRef.get()
  .then(snapshot => {
    snapshot.forEach(doc => {
      console.log(doc.id, '=>', doc.data());
    });
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Error getting documents', err);
  });
index.js
Go
fmt.Println("All cities:")
iter := client.Collection("cities").Documents(ctx)
for {
	doc, err := iter.Next()
	if err == iterator.Done {
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	fmt.Println(doc.Data())
}
retrieve.go
PHP
$citiesRef = $db->collection('cities');
$documents = $citiesRef->documents();
foreach ($documents as $document) {
    if ($document->exists()) {
        printf('Document data for document %s:' . PHP_EOL, $document->id());
        print_r($document->data());
        printf(PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Document %s does not exist!' . PHP_EOL, $snapshot->id());
    }
}
get_all_docs.php
C#
Query allCitiesQuery = db.Collection("cities");
QuerySnapshot allCitiesQuerySnapshot = await allCitiesQuery.GetSnapshotAsync();
foreach (DocumentSnapshot documentSnapshot in allCitiesQuerySnapshot.Documents)
{
    if (documentSnapshot.Exists)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Document data for {0} document:", documentSnapshot.Id);
        Dictionary<string, object> city = documentSnapshot.ToDictionary();
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> pair in city)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", pair.Key, pair.Value);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Document {0} does not exist!", documentSnapshot.Id);
    }
}
Program.cs
Ruby
cities_ref = firestore.col "cities"
cities_ref.get do |city|
  puts "#{city.document_id} data: #{city.data}."
end
get_data.rb

List subcollections of a document

The getCollections() method of the Cloud Firestore server client libraries lists all subcollections of a document reference.

Retrieving a list of collections is not possible with the mobile/web client libraries. You should only look up collection names as part of administrative tasks in trusted server environments. If you find that you need this capability in the mobile/web client libraries, consider restructuring your data so that subcollection names are predictable.

Web
// Not available in the Web client library.
Swift
// Not available in the iOS client library.
Objective-C
// Not available in the Objective-C client library.
Java
Android
// Not available in the Android client library.
Kotlin
Android
// Not available in the Android client library.
Java
Iterable<CollectionReference> collections =
    db.collection("cities").document("SF").getCollections();

for (CollectionReference collRef : collections) {
  System.out.println("Found subcollection with id: " + collRef.getId());
}
RetrieveDataSnippets.java
Python
// Not available in the Python client library
Node.js
var sfRef = db.collection('cities').doc('SF');
sfRef.getCollections().then(collections => {
  collections.forEach(collection => {
    console.log('Found subcollection with id:', collection.id);
  });
});
index.js
Go
iter := client.Collection("cities").Doc("SF").Collections(ctx)
for {
	collRef, err := iter.Next()
	if err == iterator.Done {
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	fmt.Printf("Found collection with id: %s\n", collRef.ID)
}
retrieve.go
PHP
$cityRef = $db->collection('cities')->document('SF');
$collections = $cityRef->collections();
foreach ($collections as $collection) {
    printf('Found subcollection with id: %s' . PHP_EOL, $collection->id());
}
list_subcollections.php
C#
DocumentReference cityRef = db.Collection("cities").Document("SF");
IList<CollectionReference> subcollections = await cityRef.ListCollectionsAsync().ToList();
foreach (CollectionReference subcollectionRef in subcollections)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Found subcollection with ID: {0}", subcollectionRef.Id);
}
Program.cs
Ruby
city_ref = firestore.doc "cities/SF"
city_ref.cols do |col|
  puts col.collection_id
end
get_data.rb

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