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Security rules for creating an incremental, numeric ID in Firebase
{
"rules": {
".read": true,
".write": false,
"incid": {
"counter": {
// this counter is set using a transaction and can only be incremented by 1
// the total number of records must be less than 10,000 simply for demo purposes
".write": "newData.isNumber() && ((!data.exists() && newData.val() === 1) || newData.val() === data.val()+1) && newData.val() <= 10000"
},
"records": {
"$id": {
// this rule allows adds but no deletes or updates
// the id must inherently be in the format rec# where # is the current value of incid/counter
// thus, to add a record, you first create a transaction to update the counter, and then use that counter here
// the value must be a string less than 1000 characters simply for demo purposes
".write": "$id >= 'rec'+root.child('incid/counter').val() && !data.exists() && newData.isString() && newData.val().length <= 1000"
}
},
// strictly for demo purposes (allows data to be reset)
".write": "!newData.exists()"
}
}
}
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