Could you add .onSnapshot for Firestore and .on(āvalueā) for Firebase database. The ability to have realtime updates is one of most important features of Firebase. Itās even called Firebase Real-time database, but currently the realtime canāt be used in retool. It would be good to have at least basic functionality working. Thank you.
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Bump. This would be a very useful add on.
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Hello @kakasimenator and @ayan! Sorry for letting this slip through the cracks. Question for you - looking at the Firebase docs, it seems like these are sort of event listeners - what your use case exactly in Retool? Right now we donāt support queries running in the background, so Iām not 100% sure how weād support this.
@justin
Realtime updating UI is pretty much what we need here.
A really basic integration would be to at least be able to select a flag/checkbox that says āAutomatically re-query if snapshot changesā and all you guys would have to do would be re-try the query if you receive a snapshot change from that query, or just replace the existing data with the new snapshot data.
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+1 this is crucial for my usecase
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+1 that feature would be ideal for us.
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+1 , absolutely needed
+1 for me please. Critical for rolling out my app to multiple users
Hi,
+1, absolutely needed
Agreed, +1.
At present, the workaround involves refreshing the query every few seconds. However, this significantly increases the number of unneeded read operations on the database, which is not ideal. Implementing a more efficient solution is crucial for Firebase users.
Thanks! 
Does Retool support RealtimeDB subscriptions yet? I see that it's an option in the Query type (Query Firebase data | Retool Docs) but I don't see how to enable realtime updates. Am I missing something?
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Wow this is open since 2020 - really no possibility for subscriptions yet ?
Hey @kev, added your request to the internal ticket. Unfortunately this isn't a prioritized feature at this time, but I'll update here as anything changes.