firebase-bolt

Bolt Compiler

Bolt is an experimental security and rules compiler for Firebase. It is currently in early alpha. There are known bugs and incomplete features in the current implementation, so PLEASE DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION applications.

Otherwise, we'd love to have feedback from early adopters. You can email questions to [e-mail] using "Bolt" in the subject line.

Language Definition

• Firebase Security and Modeling Language - Language documentation and syntax.

Using the Bolt Compiler

You can easily install the bolt compiler using npm:

$ npm install --global firebase-bolt

Execute the Bolt compiler from the command line (it reads a Bolt file from standard input and write a JSON rules file to standard output):

$ firebase-bolt < rules.bolt > rules.json

You can then upload the resulting firebase.json file via the firebase command line:

$ firebase deploy

The firebase command line tool version 2 will also compile your bolt file directly if you have firebase-bolt installed and you use the .bolt file extension in the rules property of your firebase.json configuration file.

Developing with this Repo

You should have node.js and npm installed to use this repository.

Setup command line environment and lint, build, test.

$ source tools/use
$ configure-project
$ gulp

Useful commands

Check JavaScript source files for required formatting conventions:

$ gulp lint

Build Bolt parser from PEG grammar:

$ gulp build

Run command line tests:

$ gulp test

More extensive tests which include running against a sandboxed Firebase app:

$ run-tests

Run browser-based tests:

$ browser-tests