Lists documents.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/datastore

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. You can set the scope for this method like this: firestore1-beta1 --scope <scope> projects databases-documents-list-documents ...

Required Scalar Arguments

  • <parent> (string)
    • Required. The parent resource name. In the format: projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents or projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/documents/{document_path}. For example: projects/my-project/databases/my-database/documents or projects/my-project/databases/my-database/documents/chatrooms/my-chatroom
  • <collection-id> (string)
    • Optional. The collection ID, relative to parent, to list. For example: chatrooms or messages. This is optional, and when not provided, Firestore will list documents from all collections under the provided parent.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional Method Properties

You may set the following properties to further configure the call. Please note that -p is followed by one or more key-value-pairs, and is called like this -p k1=v1 k2=v2 even though the listing below repeats the -p for completeness.

  • -p mask-field-paths=string

    • The list of field paths in the mask. See Document.fields for a field path syntax reference.

  • -p order-by=string

    • Optional. The optional ordering of the documents to return. For example: priority desc, __name__ desc. This mirrors the ORDER BY used in Firestore queries but in a string representation. When absent, documents are ordered based on __name__ ASC.

  • -p page-size=integer

    • Optional. The maximum number of documents to return in a single response. Firestore may return fewer than this value.

  • -p page-token=string

    • Optional. A page token, received from a previous ListDocuments response. Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page. When paginating, all other parameters (with the exception of page_size) must match the values set in the request that generated the page token.

  • -p read-time=string

    • Perform the read at the provided time. This must be a microsecond precision timestamp within the past one hour, or if Point-in-Time Recovery is enabled, can additionally be a whole minute timestamp within the past 7 days.

  • -p show-missing=boolean

    • If the list should show missing documents. A document is missing if it does not exist, but there are sub-documents nested underneath it. When true, such missing documents will be returned with a key but will not have fields, create_time, or update_time set. Requests with show_missing may not specify where or order_by.

  • -p transaction=string

    • Perform the read as part of an already active transaction.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").