How to get data from firestore document fields in flutter?

Question

I'm trying to test firestore in my flutter-app but I can't really load the data as expected.

This is how I get the data:

 Firestore.instance
        .collection('Test')
        .document('test')
        .get()
        .then((DocumentSnapshot ds) {
      // use ds as a snapshot

      print('Values from db: $ds');
    });

And print-statement output: flutter: Values from db: Instance of 'DocumentSnapshot'.

I also tried following, without success:

Firestore.instance.collection('Test').document('test').get().then((data) {
  // use ds as a snapshot

  if (data.documentID.length > 0) {
    setState(() {
      stackOver = data.documentID;
      print(stackOver);
    });
  }
});

Output here is only the documentID-name..

So, how could I get the field-values from firestore?

Best regards!

Answer 1

Try this:

final String _collection = 'collectionName';
final Firestore _fireStore = Firestore.instance;

getData() async {
  return await _fireStore.collection(_collection).getDocuments();
}

getData().then((val){
    if(val.documents.length > 0){
        print(val.documents[0].data["field"]);
    }
    else{
        print("Not Found");
    }
});

Answer 2

I faced a similar problem and solved it this way:

Stream<DocumentSnapshot> provideDocumentFieldStream() {
    return Firestore.instance
        .collection('collection')
        .document('document')
        .snapshots();
}

After that, I used a StreamBuilder to consume the method created above:

StreamBuilder<DocumentSnapshot>(
    stream: provideDocumentFieldStream(),
    builder: (BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<DocumentSnapshot> snapshot) {
        if (snapshot.hasData) {
            //snapshot -> AsyncSnapshot of DocumentSnapshot
            //snapshot.data -> DocumentSnapshot
            //snapshot.data.data -> Map of fields that you need :)

            Map<String, dynamic> documentFields = snapshot.data.data;
            //TODO Okay, now you can use documentFields (json) as needed

            return Text(documentFields['field_that_i_need']);
        }
    }
)

Answer 3

Null safe code:

• One time reading of the data:

  var collection = FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('users');
  var docSnapshot = await collection.doc('some_id').get();
  if (docSnapshot.exists) {
    Map<String, dynamic> data = docSnapshot.data()!;
  
    // You can then retrieve the value from the Map like this:
    var name = data['name'];
  }
  

• Continually listening for the data:

  var collection = FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('users');
  collection.doc('some_id').snapshots().listen((docSnapshot) {
    if (docSnapshot.exists) {
      Map<String, dynamic> data = docSnapshot.data()!;
  
      // You can then retrieve the value from the Map like this:
      var name = data['name'];
    }
  });
  

Answer 4

I have a list of users in Firestore Database and I need to extract the userName info

import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';

FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth = FirebaseAuth.instance;

class Database {      
  static String? userName;
  
  static void showDisplayName() async {
    var collection = FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('users');
    //userUid is the current auth user
    var docSnapshot = await collection.doc(userUid).get();

    Map<String, dynamic> data = docSnapshot.data()!;

    userName = data['displayName'];
  }
}

Then you can call Database.userName to get the string value

Here is my Firestore Example