Backend Manager

Backend Manager is an NPM module for Firebase developers that instantly implements powerful backend features. Be sure to look at which functions it exposes before using it!

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Install

Install with npm:

npm install backend-manager

Features

• Automatically create and deploy powerful management and marketing functions
• Automatically keep your Firebase dependencies up to date

Example Setup

After installing via npm, simply paste this script before the closing </body> tag to initialize Backend Manager.

// In your functions/index.js file
exports.backendManager = (require('backend-manager'))({
  ref: {
    exports: exports,
    cors: cors,
    functions: functions,
    admin: admin,
  },
  options: {}
});

Example CLI Usage

• bem -v: Check version of backend-manager.
• bem get:config: Save Firebase config to your project.
• bem set:config: Start an interface for setting a config value. You'll be prompted for the path and value.
• bem setup: Runs some checks and sets up your Firebase project.
• bem serve <port>: Serve your Firebase project, defaults to port 5000.
• bem deploy: Deploy the functions of your Firebase project.

Final Words

If you are still having difficulty, we would love for you to post a question to the Backend Manager issues page. It is much easier to answer questions that include your code and relevant files! So if you can provide them, we'd be extremely grateful (and more likely to help you find the answer!)

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