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Field class

Represents a reference to a field in a Firestore document, or outputs of a Pipeline stage.

Field references are used to access document field values in expressions and to specify fields for sorting, filtering, and projecting data in Firestore pipelines.

You can create a `Field` instance using the static method:

Signature:

export declare class Field extends Expression implements Selectable 

Extends: Expression

Implements: Selectable

Properties

Property Modifiers Type Description
alias string
expr Expression
expressionType ExpressionType
fieldName string
selectable true

Methods

Method Modifiers Description
geoDistance(location) (Public Preview) Evaluates to the distance in meters between the location specified by this field and the query location.

Field.alias

Signature:

get alias(): string;

Field.expr

Signature:

get expr(): Expression;

Field.expressionType

Signature:

readonly expressionType: ExpressionType;

Field.fieldName

Signature:

get fieldName(): string;

Field.selectable

Signature:

selectable: true;

Field.geoDistance()

This API is provided as a preview for developers and may change based on feedback that we receive. Do not use this API in a production environment.

Evaluates to the distance in meters between the location specified by this field and the query location.

This Expression can only be used within a search stage.

Signature:

geoDistance(location: GeoPoint | Expression): Expression;

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
location GeoPoint | Expression Compute distance to this GeoPoint.

Returns:

Expression

Example

// Create a Field instance for the 'name' field
const nameField = field("name");

// Create a Field instance for a nested field 'address.city'
const cityField = field("address.city");