Integrate PostgreSQL with Cloud Firestore

It’s not surprising to hear the PostgreSQL database is one of the most popular relational databases in the world. It has a great set of features, and developers love it because it’s easy to use. Today, we’ll talk about how PostgreSQL can be integrated with Cloud Firestore.

First, let’s take a look at what PostgreSQL is. It’s a powerful enterprise-class database that allows users to store large amounts of data in a flexible way. It’s very fast for performing complex queries, and also provides many useful features, including:

SQL support

Row level locking

Transactional capabilities

Clustering capabilities

Now, let’s take a look at what Cloud Firestore is. It’s a NoSQL document database built for Android, iOS, web, and server applications. Cloud Firestore is designed to store your app’s data and to scale with your user base. Here are some of its main features:

Realtime database

Data synchronization across clients

Queryable database schema

Firestore synchronizes data using a client library. Any time you add, update or delete an object, changes are synchronized with other clients immediately. All client libraries will have access to the same data and therefore will be able to keep all users up to date with the latest changes. And of course, Cloud Firestore scales as your app grows. For example, you can start by having 1 replica and then add more replicas over time if needed.

Now that we’ve covered what PostgreSQL and Cloud Firestore are, let’s talk about how they can be used together. They’re both very powerful products, so they can work well together. Some companies have used PostgreSQL as their main database and others have used it alongside Cloud Firestore. We recommend using PostgreSQL for storing non-user generated content and using Cloud Firestore to store user generated content (like documents. This will help you reduce the amount of time spent on managing and scaling your databases. You can read more about using PostgreSQL with Cloud Firestore here.

We’ve just talked about how PostgreSQL can be integrated with Cloud Firestore. We hope you found this post interesting! As always, feel free to leave any questions or comments below!

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