Dating App - Firebase Realtime Database Schema - Matches

laganMatchSchema.jsonc

"matches": {
      "$uid": {
            // Only the user to whom this match node pertains to can read it by default
            ".read": "auth.uid === $uid",
            ".validate": "root.child('users/' + $uid).exists()",
          
            "$match_uid": {
                // A user can read another user's match details only for the record that applies to them
                ".read": "auth.uid === $match_uid",
          
                // A match can be added by either of the users in the pair, as long as they can verify they are swiped right by the other user
                ".write": "(auth.uid === $uid && root.child('swipes/' + $match_uid + '/' + $uid + '/swipe_type').val() === 'right') || (auth.uid === $match_uid && root.child('swipes/' + $uid + '/' + $match_uid + '/swipe_type').val() === 'right')",

                // Creating a new match requires to have chat_id, and timestamp node
                ".validate": "root.child('users/' + $match_uid).exists() && !data.exists() && newData.hasChildren(['chat_id', 'timestamp'])",

                "chat_id": { ".validate": "root.child('chats/' + newData.val() + '/members/' + $uid).exists() && root.child('chats/' + newData.val() + '/members/' + $match_uid).exists()" },
                "timestamp": { ".validate": "newData.val() <= now" }
            }
      }
}

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