I am trying to follow the firebase Node tutorial: https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/quickstart.html
My node.js app is crashing with a "TypeError: Firebase is not a function" error. My index.js file:
var Firebase = require("firebase"); var firebaseRef = new Firebase("https://word-word-number.firebaseio.com/"); Line two is where the crash happens.
In my package.json I have:
"firebase": "^3.0.2", and
"node": "5.11.0" It turns out that the firebase.com tutorial is out-of-date with how the latest firebase package should be used. Below are the new instructions from https://www.npmjs.com/package/firebase
In your code, you can access Firebase using:
var firebase = require('firebase'); firebase.intializeApp({ apiKey: '<your-api-key>', authDomain: '<your-auth-domain>', databaseURL: '<your-database-url>', storageBucket: '<your-storage-bucket>' }); Alternatively, if you setup a Service Account via Permissions in the new Google Firebase dashboard, use the approach referenced in the new official docs here:
Updated documentation for nodeJs users https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/firebase-web#get_a_database_reference_numbered This will probably fix all those errors.
