Updates a field configuration. Currently, field updates apply only to single field index configuration. However, calls to FirestoreAdmin.UpdateField should provide a field mask to avoid changing any configuration that the caller isn't aware of. The field mask should be specified as: { paths: "index_config" }. This call returns a google.longrunning.Operation which may be used to track the status of the field update. The metadata for the operation will be the type FieldOperationMetadata. To configure the default field settings for the database, use the special Field with resource name: projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/collectionGroups/__default__/fields/*.

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 --scope <scope> projects databases-collection-groups-fields-patch ...

Required Scalar Argument

  • <name> (string)
    • Required. A field name of the form projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/collectionGroups/{collection_id}/fields/{field_path} A field path may be a simple field name, e.g. address or a path to fields within map_value , e.g. address.city, or a special field path. The only valid special field is *, which represents any field. Field paths may be quoted using (backtick). The only character that needs to be escaped within a quoted field path is the backtick character itself, escaped using a backslash. Special characters in field paths that must be quoted include:,., ``` (backtick),[,], as well as any ascii symbolic characters. Examples: (Note: Comments here are written in markdown syntax, so there is an additional layer of backticks to represent a code block)`address.city`represents a field namedaddress.city, not the map keycityin the fieldaddress.``represents a field named, not any field. A specialFieldcontains the default indexing settings for all fields. This field&#39;s resource name is:projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/collectionGroups/default/fields/Indexes defined on thisFieldwill be applied to all fields which do not have their ownField` index configuration.

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

GoogleFirestoreAdminV1Field:
  index-config:
    ancestor-field: string
    reverting: boolean
    uses-ancestor-config: boolean
  name: string
  ttl-config:
    state: string

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r .index-config ancestor-field=amet.
    • Output only. Specifies the resource name of the Field from which this field's index configuration is set (when uses_ancestor_config is true), or from which it would be set if this field had no index configuration (when uses_ancestor_config is false).
  • reverting=true
    • Output only When true, the Field's index configuration is in the process of being reverted. Once complete, the index config will transition to the same state as the field specified by ancestor_field, at which point uses_ancestor_config will be true and reverting will be false.

  • uses-ancestor-config=true

    • Output only. When true, the Field's index configuration is set from the configuration specified by the ancestor_field. When false, the Field's index configuration is defined explicitly.

  • .. name=lorem

    • Required. A field name of the form projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/collectionGroups/{collection_id}/fields/{field_path} A field path may be a simple field name, e.g. address or a path to fields within map_value , e.g. address.city, or a special field path. The only valid special field is *, which represents any field. Field paths may be quoted using (backtick). The only character that needs to be escaped within a quoted field path is the backtick character itself, escaped using a backslash. Special characters in field paths that must be quoted include:,., ``` (backtick),[,], as well as any ascii symbolic characters. Examples: (Note: Comments here are written in markdown syntax, so there is an additional layer of backticks to represent a code block)`address.city`represents a field namedaddress.city, not the map keycityin the fieldaddress.``represents a field named, not any field. A specialFieldcontains the default indexing settings for all fields. This field&#39;s resource name is:projects/{project_id}/databases/{database_id}/collectionGroups/default/fields/Indexes defined on thisFieldwill be applied to all fields which do not have their ownField` index configuration.
  • ttl-config state=gubergren
    • Output only. The state of the TTL configuration.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

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 update-mask=string
    • A mask, relative to the field. If specified, only configuration specified by this field_mask will be updated in the field.

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").