Firebase-Functions

First Time Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/CheckMateSG/checkMate.git
2. cd checkMate
3. npm install -g firebase-tools
4. npm run postinstall
5. run firebase login --no-localhost then login with your betterSG email
6. set up tunnel to localhost. Can contact BW for cloudflare tunnel

Each Time Developing

1. Open 3 shells from in root directory
2. [Shell 1] make firebase
3. [Shell 2] make functions [hot reload for functions]
4. [Shell 3] make checkers-app [hot reload for webapp]
5. Can start on development

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In the event the Makefile doesn't work,

1. Open 3 shells from in root directory
2. [Shell 1] cd functions
3. [Shell 1] npm run build:watch [hot reload for functions]
4. [Shell 2] cd checkers-app [hot reload for webapp]
5. [Shell 2] npm run build:watch
6. [Shell 3] npm run serve
7. Can start on development

Useful Resources and links:

• Firebase Console - https://console.firebase.google.com/, login with your bettersg email. Go here to manage the product resources and to change the production DB (later on, for a start we can just use the emulator)
• Adding subcollections - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47514419/how-to-add-subcollection-to-a-document-in-firebase-cloud-firestore
• Getting started with firestore and firebase (basically I've adapted that for this repo) https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/get-started
• WhatsApp send message API documentation - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/guides/send-messages
• WhatsApp webhook object documentation - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks/components
• Telegram Bot API documentation - https://core.telegram.org/bots/api