Connecting Firebase to Python
Complete guide with detailed steps to connect your real-time database on Firebase to Python.
Through this blog, I will provide the steps that are necessary to connect your real-time database on Firebase to Python. I am assuming you have already created a Firebase project and set up the real-time database.
Installation and Dependencies
pip install firebase_admin
This is the only installation that is necessary. During installation, I faced an issue installing one of the dependencies, as a remedy, I followed these steps to complete the installation. My working environment is WSL or Windows Subsystem For Linux
pip3 or pip can be used alternatively based on the Python version
Code and Procedure
This is the code required to connect python to your firebase real-time database
secret key.json
This secret key needs to be downloaded and will be available at
Project Settings -> Service Accounts -> Generate a new private key
A JSON file will be downloaded and it needs can be placed in the same folder as your python script.
URL to database
This refers to the URL provided to access your database which will be provided under the configuration information
Database Reference
This refers to the node that needs to be accessed in the database
If Soil Moisture is the node that has to be referenced, then, line 12 can be written as :
ref = db.reference(“/Soil Moisture”)Now, you will be able to perform CRUD based on the documentation!
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