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I need to develop a chat with realtime updates for my web app.

• Front: React


• Back: Node


• Database: Firestore

Today all my data queries are made in my backend through my REST API. I was thinking of using Sockets.IO but saw that Firestore also has data listeners (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/query-data/listen).

Can you help me choosing by pointing out potential pros/cons of each solution?

Note that I never did any realtime chat feature before by myself so I may not see some obvious points. I don't want to start an opinion war and would like to find a solution to my particular problem for an app in production.

For the moment I have:

Firestore data listeners

• Implementation seems faster but I may not see some things (especially since my authentification is made with JWT on the server and not at all with firestore auth on the client)


• Offline capabilities out of the box


• Direct access from the client shall be faster?

Sockets.io

• More documentation and sources


• I can migrate if needed

firebase sockets socket.io google-cloud-firestore

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I need to develop a chat with realtime updates for my web app.

• Front: React


• Back: Node


• Database: Firestore

Today all my data queries are made in my backend through my REST API. I was thinking of using Sockets.IO but saw that Firestore also has data listeners (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/query-data/listen).

Can you help me choosing by pointing out potential pros/cons of each solution?

Note that I never did any realtime chat feature before by myself so I may not see some obvious points. I don't want to start an opinion war and would like to find a solution to my particular problem for an app in production.

For the moment I have:

Firestore data listeners

• Implementation seems faster but I may not see some things (especially since my authentification is made with JWT on the server and not at all with firestore auth on the client)


• Offline capabilities out of the box


• Direct access from the client shall be faster?

Sockets.io

• More documentation and sources


• I can migrate if needed

firebase sockets socket.io google-cloud-firestore

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 12:35

Quentin C

asked Mar 28 at 4:05

Quentin CQuentin C

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I need to develop a chat with realtime updates for my web app.

• Front: React


• Back: Node


• Database: Firestore

Today all my data queries are made in my backend through my REST API. I was thinking of using Sockets.IO but saw that Firestore also has data listeners (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/query-data/listen).

Can you help me choosing by pointing out potential pros/cons of each solution?

Note that I never did any realtime chat feature before by myself so I may not see some obvious points. I don't want to start an opinion war and would like to find a solution to my particular problem for an app in production.

For the moment I have:

Firestore data listeners

• Implementation seems faster but I may not see some things (especially since my authentification is made with JWT on the server and not at all with firestore auth on the client)


• Offline capabilities out of the box


• Direct access from the client shall be faster?

Sockets.io

• More documentation and sources


• I can migrate if needed

firebase sockets socket.io google-cloud-firestore

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 12:35

Quentin C

asked Mar 28 at 4:05

Quentin CQuentin C

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edited Mar 28 at 12:35

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Answering my own question.

Things I discovered:

• Firestore doesn't have a built-in presence system and needs a specific Cloud function that synchronises with realtime firebase to work (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/presence). I want to notify my users by mails if they are offline so this "hacky" solution is a concern.


• Didn't find a simple way of using my current stateless auth with JWT to check if the client using firestore is authenticated

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Answering my own question.

Things I discovered:

• Firestore doesn't have a built-in presence system and needs a specific Cloud function that synchronises with realtime firebase to work (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/presence). I want to notify my users by mails if they are offline so this "hacky" solution is a concern.


• Didn't find a simple way of using my current stateless auth with JWT to check if the client using firestore is authenticated

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Answering my own question.

Things I discovered:

• Firestore doesn't have a built-in presence system and needs a specific Cloud function that synchronises with realtime firebase to work (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/presence). I want to notify my users by mails if they are offline so this "hacky" solution is a concern.


• Didn't find a simple way of using my current stateless auth with JWT to check if the client using firestore is authenticated

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edited Apr 1 at 22:33

answered Mar 28 at 11:30

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Answering my own question.

Things I discovered:

• Firestore doesn't have a built-in presence system and needs a specific Cloud function that synchronises with realtime firebase to work (https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/presence). I want to notify my users by mails if they are offline so this "hacky" solution is a concern.


• Didn't find a simple way of using my current stateless auth with JWT to check if the client using firestore is authenticated

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edited Apr 1 at 22:33

answered Mar 28 at 11:30

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answered Mar 28 at 11:30

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