firebase/firebase-js-sdk

Features

• Cloud Backend Connectivity - Connects web and mobile applications to a unified suite of cloud databases, authentication, and hosting services.
• Language Model Connectivity - Provides standard interfaces to connect applications with various external and local large language model providers.
• Cloud Database Clients - Provides a library for performing real-time synchronization and NoSQL queries with cloud-hosted databases.
• Cloud Object Storage Clients - Provides a client-side library for uploading and managing binary files and blobs in scalable cloud buckets.
• Cloud Object Storage - Provides scalable cloud storage for binary files and blobs with granular access control.
• Global Database Synchronization - Synchronizes database state across geographically distributed clients and clusters at a global scale.
• Document Storage - Provides a flexible NoSQL document database for organizing and storing application data.
• Offline-First Persistence - Caches data locally to allow reads and writes during network outages with automatic cloud synchronization.
• Realtime Synchronization - Uses long-lived connections to push real-time data updates from the cloud to clients via listeners.
• Real-time Data Synchronization - Keeps local data stores in sync with distributed network state instantly across multiple clients.
• Document-Based Querying - Implements querying mechanisms to retrieve filtered results from document-oriented NoSQL databases.
• User Content Storage - Uploads and retrieves user-generated binary files like images and videos in a scalable cloud bucket.
• SDK Abstractions - Provides high-level SDK abstractions that wrap complex network protocols into simple language-specific methods.
• Backend-as-a-Service - Provides a comprehensive toolkit for connecting applications to serverless databases, storage, and identity management.
• Backend-as-a-Service Integrations - Provides a unified SDK to integrate client applications with managed backend-as-a-service cloud platforms.
• Serverless Function Executions - Executes discrete compute functions automatically based on system events or HTTPS requests.
• Serverless Function Invokers - Provides a tool to trigger and execute remote serverless backend logic via HTTPS requests or event-driven triggers.
• Serverless Backend Hosting - Hosts scalable backend APIs and webhooks in a serverless cloud environment.
• Project Configuration Linking - Associates client applications with specific cloud projects using unique configuration objects and API keys.
• API Access Security - Verifies that incoming requests originate from authentic app instances to protect backend resources from unauthorized access.
• App Integrity Validations - Ensures that requests to backend services originate from an unmodified, authentic version of the application.
• Granular Access Controls - Defines granular, server-side security rules to authorize data operations based on authentication and data patterns.
• Device Attestation - Attests the identity and integrity of the requesting client device to prevent abuse and unauthorized access.
• Identity Token Verifications - Validates authentication tokens issued by the identity platform to secure API routes and verify users.
• Identity Providers - Implements a client for managing user authentication and identity verification using OAuth2 and OIDC protocols.
• Identity-Based File Access Control - Controls file access permissions in cloud storage based on user identity, filename, or content type metadata.
• Secrets Management - Secures sensitive API keys and configuration data using a dedicated secret management service.
• Expression-Based Access Rules - Evaluates server-side security rules using logical expressions to restrict data access based on user identity.
• Session Token Validation - Generates and verifies authentication tokens to manage privileged sessions and secure access to cloud resources.
• User Authentications - Manages user identity and access control to ensure only authorized users interact with specific data.
• User Identity Management - Manages user registration, secure sign-in, and access control using OAuth2, SAML, and multi-factor authentication.
• Remote Function Invocation - Enables triggering of remote serverless functions from the client to perform secure or computationally heavy operations.
• Server-Side Logic Frameworks - Executes custom backend business logic and server-side functions outside of the client environment.
• User Behavior Analytics - Tracks and analyzes user interactions and activity across web and mobile environments to measure engagement.
• User Interaction Recording - Records and reports on distinct user interactions and feature access to provide insights into application behavior.
• Generative Logic Integration - Embeds generative AI capabilities directly into application workflows to automate tasks and responses.
• ML Model Integrations - Integrates tuned machine learning models into applications to enhance the overall user experience.
• Multimodal Model Integrations - Integrates multimodal models to process text, images, audio, and video for generative responses.
• Crash Monitoring - Captures and reports fatal crashes and non-fatal errors in real time to prioritize stability fixes.
• A/B Testing - Executes and analyzes A/B tests to optimize user experience and scale marketing experiments.
• Audience Management Tools - Defines and manages user groups based on device data, custom events, and properties for targeted features.
• User Segment Parameterization - Delivers variation in application experience based on user attributes such as language, region, or app version.
• Beta Tester Groups - Organizes external testers into cohorts for targeted distribution of pre-release application builds.
• Atomic Transaction Execution - Performs batch operations and ACID transactions to ensure data consistency across multiple documents.
• Managed Relational Databases - Offers a managed PostgreSQL service for the setup and maintenance of relational data.
• AI Coding Assistants - Provides AI-powered coding assistance including natural language querying, code generation, and error decoding.
• Backend Service Emulators - Provides local implementations of cloud backend services like authentication and databases for integration testing.
• Local Emulation Environments - Simulates production cloud environments on a local machine for testing database and authentication logic.
• Local Function Developments - Enables the development, testing, and iteration of background and HTTP functions using a local environment.
• Local Emulation Testing - Simulates cloud environments and invokes functions with test data using a local emulator.
• Phone Number Authentications - Implements phone-number-based authentication flows using verification codes sent via mobile carriers.
• Firebase Hosting Deployments - Uploads static web files to a global content delivery network for secure serving.
• Project Management - Provides a command-line interface for managing cloud projects and their associated configurations and assets.
• Gradual Rollouts - Enables staged functionality releases to targeted user segments using feature flags and stability monitoring.
• Quality Assurance - Runs applications on physical devices to capture diagnostic logs, videos, and screenshots for quality assurance.
• Crash-Analytics Correlation - Links crash reports with user behavioral analytics to identify the sequence of events leading to a failure.
• Pre-release App Distributions - Delivers application builds to trusted testers via a console or CLI without requiring SDK installation.
• Remote App Configurations - Updates application behavior and appearance over-the-air by changing server-side parameters without requiring a new deployment.
• System Event Triggers - Automatically triggers the execution of specific code in response to events within the cloud ecosystem.
• Cloud Push Notification Deliveries - Provides cloud-based push notification delivery to engage users on mobile devices even when the app is not running.
• Targeted Messaging - Implements logic for routing messages to specific individuals, curated groups, or topic subscribers based on user segments.
• In-App Messages - Provides a system to deliver targeted messages to users while they are actively interacting with the application.
• Direct Backend Downloads - Retrieves file content as blobs or streams directly from the storage backend to the browser.
• Enterprise Identity Providers - Enables authentication via enterprise-grade protocols including SAML and OpenID Connect.
• External Identity Provider Integrations - Connects existing external sign-in systems to the identity platform to enable access to cloud services.
• Multi-Factor Authentication - Provides secondary authentication methods such as SMS verification to enhance user account security.
• OAuth2 Providers - Provides integration with OAuth2 providers to manage authorization flows and access tokens for secure user sessions.
• Server-Side Logic Isolation - Isolates sensitive business logic and credentials on the server to prevent client-side tampering.
• Time-Limited Download URLs - Generates temporary, secure URLs for sharing and downloading cloud-stored objects.
• User Account Management - Provides tools for administrative management of user profiles, email updates, and session cookie control.
• Serverless Project Deployments - Pushes local application updates and project configurations to a serverless platform via a CLI.
• Alert Thresholds - Sets numerical limits and rules that trigger notifications when critical performance metrics exceed predefined thresholds.
• Crash Reporters - Groups related crashes using stack trace analysis to identify and prioritize stability problems.
• Root Cause Analysis - Analyzes crash reports using AI to identify root causes and provide actionable fix suggestions.
• Dimension-Based Performance Analysis - Segments performance metrics by user attributes such as device, OS, and geography to identify group-specific issues.
• Automatic Baseline Tracking - Collects baseline data on startup and page load times automatically without requiring manual instrumentation.
• Custom Trace Instrumentation - Measures execution time of specific code blocks to analyze the performance of particular user flows.
• Stability Regression Alerting - Sends real-time notifications for new or regressing stability issues through configurable channels.
• User Interaction Event Logging - Generates behavioral reports based on custom-defined interaction triggers to understand user application usage.
• CI Integration Testing - Integrates automated device tests into CI/CD pipelines to verify application stability.
• Device Cloud Execution - Executes test suites across a remote cloud of real and virtual mobile devices for compatibility verification.
• Authentication User Interfaces - Provides a pre-built, customizable authentication interface that handles complex sign-in and recovery flows.
• Tester Feedback Collection - Collects qualitative feedback and stability data from beta testers within pre-release application builds.
• Type-Safe Client Generators - Generates strongly typed client libraries from schemas to ensure data validation between frontend and backend.
• Managed Web Application Hosting - Deploys and serves static and dynamic web content through a managed global infrastructure.

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