Angular 11 Firestore CRUD: add/get/update/delete documents with AngularFireStore

In this tutorial, I will show you how to build Angular 11 CRUD App with Firebase Cloud Firestore that uses AngularFireStore service to get/add/update/delete documents in a collection.

Related Posts:
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– Angular 11 Firebase Storage: File Upload/Display/Delete Files example
– Angular 11 CRUD Application example with Web API
– Angular 11 Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)

Newer versions:
– Angular 12 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 13 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 14 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 15 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 16 Firestore CRUD example

Angular 11 Firestore CRUD Overview

We’re gonna build an Angular 11 Firestore App using @angular/fire library in which:

• Each Tutorial has id, title, description, published status.
• We can create, retrieve, update, delete Tutorials.

Here are the screenshots:

– Create a new Tutorial:

Cloud Firestore after the Create Operations:

If you want to add Form validation, please visit:
Angular 11 Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)

– Retrieve all Tutorial documents:

– Change status to Published/Pending using Publish/UnPublish button:

– Update the Tutorial details with Update button:

– Delete the Tutorial using Delete button:

AngularFireStore service

@angular/fire provides AngularFireStore service that allows us to work with the Firebase Firestore. It’s an efficient, low-latency solution for apps that require synced states across clients in realtime.

import { AngularFireStore } from '@angular/fire/store';

export class TutorialService {
  constructor(private db: AngularFireStore) { }
}

AngularFireStore for create/get/update/delete Document

The AngularFirestoreDocument is a service for manipulating and streaming document data which is created via AngularFireStore service.

– Create a document binding/ Retrieve:

tutorial: AngularFirestoreDocument<any>;
// db: AngularFireStore
this.tutorial = db.doc('tutorial');
 
// or
Observable<any> tutorial = db.doc('tutorial').valueChanges();

– Create/Update a document:

const tutRef = db.doc('tutorial');
 
// set() for destructive updates
tutRef.set({ title: 'zkoder Tutorial'});

– Update a document:

const tutRef= db.doc('tutorial');
tutRef.update({ url: 'bezkoder.com/zkoder-tutorial' });

– Delete a document:

const tutRef = db.doc('tutorial');
tutRef.delete();

AngularFireStore for create/get/update/delete Collection

Through the AngularFireStore service, we can create AngularFirestoreCollection service that helps to synchronize data as collection.

– Create a collection binding/ Retrieve:
+ Get an Observable of data as a synchronized array of JSON objects without snapshot metadata.

tutorials: Observable<any[]>;
// db: AngularFireStore
this.tutorials = db.collection('tutorials').valueChanges();

+ Get an Observable of data as a synchronized array of DocumentChangeAction[] with metadata (the underyling DocumentReference and snapshot id):

tutorials: Observable<any[]>;
this.tutorials = db.collection('tutorials').snapshotChanges();

– Create a collection and add a new document:

const tutorialsRef = db.collection('tutorials');
const tutorial = { title: 'zkoder Tutorial', url: 'bezkoder.com/zkoder-tutorial' };
tutorialsRef.add({ ...tutorial });

– Update a collection:
+ destructive update using set(): delete everything currently in place, then save the new value

const tutorialsRef = db.collection('tutorials');
tutorialsRef.doc('id').set({ title: 'zkoder Tut#1', url: 'bezkoder.com/zkoder-tut-1' });

+ non-destructive update using update(): only updates the specified values

const tutorialsRef = db.collection('tutorials');
tutorialsRef.doc('id').update({ title: 'zkoder new Tut#1' });

– Delete a document in collection:

const tutorialsRef = db.collection('tutorials');
tutorialsRef.doc('id').delete();

– Delete entire collection: Deleting Firestore collections from a Web client is not recommended.
You can find the solution here.

Technology

• Angular 11
• firebase 8
• @angular/fire 6
• rxjs 6

Setup the Firebase Project

Go to Firebase Console, login with your Google Account, then click on Add Project.

You will see the window like this:

Enter Project name, set Project Id and click on Continue.
Turn off Enable Google Analytics for this project, then click Create Project.

Now, browser turns into following view:

If you don’t see it, just choose Project Overview.
Click on Web App, a window will be shown:

Set the nickname and choose Register App for next step.

Copy the script for later use.

Choose Cloud Firestore on the left (list of Firebase features) -> Create Database.

In this tutorial, we don’t implement Authentication, so let’s choose test mode:

Or if you come from another situation, just open Tab Rules, then change allow read, write value to true.

Finally, we need to set Cloud Firestore Location:

Setup Angular 11 Project

Let’s open cmd and use Angular CLI to create a new Angular Project as following command:

ng new Angular11FirestoreCrud
? Would you like to add Angular routing? Yes
? Which stylesheet format would you like to use? CSS

Open index.html, in <head> tag, import Bootstrap 4 to this project:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  ...
  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <app-root></app-root>
</body>
</html>

We also need to generate some Components and a Service:

ng g s services/tutorial

ng g c components/add-tutorial
ng g c components/tutorial-details
ng g c components/tutorials-list

ng g class models/tutorial --type=model

Now you can see that our project directory structure looks like this.

Project Structure

Let me explain it briefly.

– environment.ts configures information to connect with Firebase Project.
– models/tutorial.model.ts defines data model class.
– services/tutorial.service.ts exports TutorialService that uses @angular/fire‘s AngularFireStore to interact with Firebase FireStore.
– There are 3 components that uses TutorialService:

• add-tutorial for creating new item
• tutorials-list contains list of items, parent of tutorial-details
• tutorial-details shows item details

– app-routing.module.ts defines routes for each component.
– app.component contains router view and navigation bar.
– app.module.ts declares Angular components and imports necessary environment & modules.

Integrate Firebase into Angular 11 App

First run the command: npm install firebase @angular/fire.

Open src/environments/environment.ts, add Firebase configuration that we have saved when Popup window was shown:

export const environment = {
  production: false,
  firebase: {
    apiKey: 'xxx',
    authDomain: 'bezkoder-firebase.firebaseapp.com',
    databaseURL: 'https://bezkoder-firebase.firebaseio.com',
    projectId: 'bezkoder-firebase',
    storageBucket: 'bezkoder-firebase.appspot.com',
    messagingSenderId: 'xxx',
    appId: 'xxx'
  }
};

Open app.module.ts, import AngularFireModule, AngularFirestoreModule and environment:

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

import { AngularFireModule } from '@angular/fire';
import { AngularFirestoreModule } from '@angular/fire/firestore';
import { environment } from '../environments/environment';

import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { AddTutorialComponent } from './components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component';
import { TutorialDetailsComponent } from './components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component';
import { TutorialsListComponent } from './components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent,
    AddTutorialComponent,
    TutorialDetailsComponent,
    TutorialsListComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    AppRoutingModule,
    FormsModule,
    AngularFireModule.initializeApp(environment.firebase),
    AngularFirestoreModule, // for firestore
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Define Model Class

Let’s create Tutorial class with 4 fields: id, title, description, published.

models/tutorial.model.ts

export default class Tutorial {
  id?: string;
  title?: string;
  description?: string;
  published?: boolean;
}

Create Data Service

This service will use AngularFirestore and AngularFirestoreCollection to interact with Firebase Firestore. It contains necessary functions for CRUD operations.

services/tutorial.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { AngularFirestore, AngularFirestoreCollection } from '@angular/fire/firestore';
import Tutorial from '../models/tutorial.model';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class TutorialService {
  private dbPath = '/tutorials';

  tutorialsRef: AngularFirestoreCollection<Tutorial>;

  constructor(private db: AngularFirestore) {
    this.tutorialsRef = db.collection(this.dbPath);
  }

  getAll(): AngularFirestoreCollection<Tutorial> {
    return this.tutorialsRef;
  }

  create(tutorial: Tutorial): any {
    return this.tutorialsRef.add({ ...tutorial });
  }

  update(id: string, data: any): Promise<void> {
    return this.tutorialsRef.doc(id).update(data);
  }

  delete(id: string): Promise<void> {
    return this.tutorialsRef.doc(id).delete();
  }
}

Component for creating Document

This component has a Form to submit new Tutorial with 2 fields: title & description. It calls TutorialService.create() method.

components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import Tutorial from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-add-tutorial',
  templateUrl: './add-tutorial.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./add-tutorial.component.css']
})
export class AddTutorialComponent implements OnInit {

  tutorial: Tutorial = new Tutorial();
  submitted = false;

  constructor(private tutorialService: TutorialService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
  }

  saveTutorial(): void {
    this.tutorialService.create(this.tutorial).then(() => {
      console.log('Created new item successfully!');
      this.submitted = true;
    });
  }

  newTutorial(): void {
    this.submitted = false;
    this.tutorial = new Tutorial();
  }

}

components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component.html

<div class="submit-form">
  <div *ngIf="!submitted">
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="title">Title</label>
      <input
        type="text"
        class="form-control"
        id="title"
        required
        [(ngModel)]="tutorial.title"
        name="title"
      />
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="description">Description</label>
      <input
        class="form-control"
        id="description"
        required
        [(ngModel)]="tutorial.description"
        name="description"
      />
    </div>

    <button (click)="saveTutorial()" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
  </div>

  <div *ngIf="submitted">
    <h4>You submitted successfully!</h4>
    <button class="btn btn-success" (click)="newTutorial()">Add</button>
  </div>
</div>

Component for List of Documents Display

This component calls TutorialService methods:

• getAll()
• deleteAll()

components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
import Tutorial from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-tutorials-list',
  templateUrl: './tutorials-list.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./tutorials-list.component.css']
})
export class TutorialsListComponent implements OnInit {

  tutorials?: Tutorial[];
  currentTutorial?: Tutorial;
  currentIndex = -1;
  title = '';

  constructor(private tutorialService: TutorialService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.retrieveTutorials();
  }

  refreshList(): void {
    this.currentTutorial = undefined;
    this.currentIndex = -1;
    this.retrieveTutorials();
  }

  retrieveTutorials(): void {
    this.tutorialService.getAll().snapshotChanges().pipe(
      map(changes =>
        changes.map(c =>
          ({ id: c.payload.doc.id, ...c.payload.doc.data() })
        )
      )
    ).subscribe(data => {
      this.tutorials = data;
    });
  }

  setActiveTutorial(tutorial: Tutorial, index: number): void {
    this.currentTutorial = tutorial;
    this.currentIndex = index;
  }

}

In the code above, to get the id of each item, we use snapshotChanges() with RxJS map() operator. This id is unique and important for update operation.

We also have refreshList() function for every time delete operation is done.

components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component.html

<div class="list row">
  <div class="col-md-6">
    <h4>Tutorials List</h4>
    <ul class="list-group">
      <li
        class="list-group-item"
        *ngFor="let tutorial of tutorials; let i = index"
        [class.active]="i == currentIndex"
        (click)="setActiveTutorial(tutorial, i)"
      >
        {{ tutorial.title }}
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="col-md-6">
    <div *ngIf="currentTutorial">
      <app-tutorial-details
        (refreshList)="refreshList()"
        [tutorial]="currentTutorial"
      ></app-tutorial-details>
    </div>

    <div *ngIf="!currentTutorial">
      <br />
      <p>Please click on a Tutorial...</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

You can see that when we click on any item, setActiveTutorial() function will be invoked to change current active Tutorial, which data is passed to tutorial-details component.

Component for Document details

This component is the child of tutorial-list. It bind tutorial data and emit refreshList event to the parent.

For getting update, delete the Tutorial, we’re gonna use two TutorialService methods:

• update()
• delete()

components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit, Input, OnChanges, Output, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
import Tutorial from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-tutorial-details',
  templateUrl: './tutorial-details.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./tutorial-details.component.css']
})
export class TutorialDetailsComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {

  @Input() tutorial?: Tutorial;
  @Output() refreshList: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
  currentTutorial: Tutorial = {
    title: '',
    description: '',
    published: false
  };
  message = '';

  constructor(private tutorialService: TutorialService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.message = '';
  }

  ngOnChanges(): void {
    this.message = '';
    this.currentTutorial = { ...this.tutorial };
  }

  updatePublished(status: boolean): void {
    if (this.currentTutorial.id) {
      this.tutorialService.update(this.currentTutorial.id, { published: status })
      .then(() => {
        this.currentTutorial.published = status;
        this.message = 'The status was updated successfully!';
      })
      .catch(err => console.log(err));
    }
  }

  updateTutorial(): void {
    const data = {
      title: this.currentTutorial.title,
      description: this.currentTutorial.description
    };

    if (this.currentTutorial.id) {
      this.tutorialService.update(this.currentTutorial.id, data)
        .then(() => this.message = 'The tutorial was updated successfully!')
        .catch(err => console.log(err));
    }
  }

  deleteTutorial(): void {
    if (this.currentTutorial.id) {
      this.tutorialService.delete(this.currentTutorial.id)
        .then(() => {
          this.refreshList.emit();
          this.message = 'The tutorial was updated successfully!';
        })
        .catch(err => console.log(err));
    }
  }

}

components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component.html

<div *ngIf="currentTutorial" class="edit-form">
  <h4>Tutorial</h4>
  <form>
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="title">Title</label>
      <input
        type="text"
        class="form-control"
        id="title"
        [(ngModel)]="currentTutorial.title"
        name="title"
      />
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="description">Description</label>
      <input
        type="text"
        class="form-control"
        id="description"
        [(ngModel)]="currentTutorial.description"
        name="description"
      />
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
      <label><strong>Status:</strong></label>
      {{ currentTutorial.published ? "Published" : "Pending" }}
    </div>
  </form>

  <button
    class="badge badge-primary mr-2"
    *ngIf="currentTutorial.published"
    (click)="updatePublished(false)"
  >
    UnPublish
  </button>
  <button
    *ngIf="!currentTutorial.published"
    class="badge badge-primary mr-2"
    (click)="updatePublished(true)"
  >
    Publish
  </button>

  <button class="badge badge-danger mr-2" (click)="deleteTutorial()">
    Delete
  </button>

  <button type="submit" class="badge badge-success" (click)="updateTutorial()">
    Update
  </button>
  <p>{{ message }}</p>
</div>

<div *ngIf="!currentTutorial">
  <br />
  <p>Cannot access this Tutorial...</p>
</div>

Define Routes for App Routing Module

There are 2 main routes:

• /add for add-tutorial component
• /tutorials for tutorials-list component

app-routing.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { Routes, RouterModule } from '@angular/router';

import { TutorialsListComponent } from './components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component';
import { AddTutorialComponent } from './components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component';

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'tutorials', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'tutorials', component: TutorialsListComponent },
  { path: 'add', component: AddTutorialComponent }
];

@NgModule({
  imports: [RouterModule.forRoot(routes)],
  exports: [RouterModule]
})
export class AppRoutingModule { }

Add Navbar and Router View to Angular Firebase App

Let’s open src/app.component.html, this App component is the root container for our application, it will contain a nav element.

<div>
  <nav class="navbar navbar-expand navbar-dark bg-dark">
    <a href="#" class="navbar-brand">bezKoder</a>
    <div class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a routerLink="tutorials" class="nav-link">Tutorials</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a routerLink="add" class="nav-link">Add</a>
      </li>
    </div>
  </nav>

  <div class="container mt-3">
    <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
    <router-outlet></router-outlet>
  </div>
</div>

Run & Check

You can run this App with command: ng serve.
Open browser with url: http://localhost:4200/ and check the result.

Conclusion

Today we’ve built an Angular 11 Firestore CRUD Application successfully working with Firebase using AngularFireStore from @angular/fire library. Now we can display, modify, delete documents and collection at ease.

If you want to add Form validation, please visit:
Angular 11 Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)

For working with Firebase Realtime Database instead, please visit:
Angular 11 Firebase CRUD Realtime DB | AngularFireDatabase

Or File upload:
Angular 11 Firebase Storage: File Upload/Display/Delete Files example

You can also find how to create Angular HTTP Client for working with Restful API in:
Angular 11 CRUD Application example with Web API

Happy learning, see you again!

Further Reading

• Angular Template Syntax
• Angular Router Guide
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angular/fire
• Firebase Web Get Started
• @angular/fire Firestore docs

Fullstack CRUD Application:

• Angular + Node.js Express + MySQL example
• Angular + Node.js Express + PostgreSQL example
• Angular + Node.js Express + MongoDB example
• Angular + Spring Boot + MySQL example
• Angular + Spring Boot + PostgreSQL example
• Angular + Spring Boot + MongoDB example
• Angular + Django example
• Angular + Django + MySQL example
• Angular + Django + PostgreSQL example
• Angular + Django + MongoDB example

Source Code

You can find the complete source code for this tutorial on Github.

Newer versions:
– Angular 12 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 13 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 14 Firestore CRUD example
– Angular 15 Firestore CRUD example