Firebase Realtime Database API
googleapis · Analytics
The Firebase Realtime Database API enables programmatic provisioning and management of Realtime Database instances.
Authentication
Sample Requests
Lists each DatabaseInstance associated with the specified parent project. The list items are returned in no particular order, but will be a consistent view of the database instances when additional requests are made with a `pageToken`. The resulting list contains instances in any STATE. The list res
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&pageSize=1&pageToken=example"aUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&showDeleted=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"pageSize": "1",
"pageToken": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"showDeleted": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '1');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('showDeleted', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("pageSize", "1")
q.Set("pageToken", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("showDeleted", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"showDeleted" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"showDeleted" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Gets the DatabaseInstance identified by the specified resource name.
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example"aUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example"import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{name}?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Requests that a new DatabaseInstance be created. The state of a successfully created DatabaseInstance is ACTIVE. Only available for projects on the Blaze plan. Projects can be upgraded using the Cloud Billing API https://cloud.google.com/billing/reference/rest/v1/projects/updateBillingInfo. Note tha
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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example"aUser=example&databaseId=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&validateOnly=true&upload_protocol=example"import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"$.xgafv": "1",
"callback": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"databaseId": "example",
"uploadType": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"access_token": "example",
"validateOnly": "true",
"upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('databaseId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('validateOnly', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
q.Set("callback", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("databaseId", "example")
q.Set("uploadType", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("access_token", "example")
q.Set("validateOnly", "true")
q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"databaseId" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"validateOnly" => "true",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/firebasedatabase/v1beta/v1beta/{parent}/instances?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"$.xgafv" => "1",
"callback" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"databaseId" => "example",
"uploadType" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"access_token" => "example",
"validateOnly" => "true",
"upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- See official documentation for authentication and setup.
What can you build with Firebase Realtime Database API?
Firebase Realtime Database API is a Analytics API. Developers commonly use analytics APIs for:
- tracking product usage and user behaviour
- building custom reporting and BI dashboards
- measuring marketing and campaign performance
- running funnel, retention, and cohort analysis
- aggregating metrics from multiple data sources
No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Firebase Realtime Database API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.
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