Path to a Dictionary Key

[AquaDragon33]

Hello, as usual, thanks for the work you've done to keep this updated.

My question: is it possible to selectively update a single element in the dictionary stored on Firebase?

In a game I'm working on, there is a dictionary I have that has hundreds of keys within it

word_experience: {가다: 6, 거기: 3, 기다리다: 1, 네: 6, 대: 6, 둘: 1, 먹다: 3, 멈추다: 3, 물: 28...

Updating on Firestore hasn't been a problem, as I basically do the equivalent of:

document.add_or_update_field(word_experience, {가다: 6, 거기: 3, 기다리다: 1, 네: 6, 대: 6, 둘: 1, 먹다: 3, 멈추다: 3, 물: 28...)

However, because there are multiple dictionaries like this and because saving happens so frequently, it stutters the game slightly when saving while sending the whole set of dictionaries. Therefore, instead of sending the whole dictionary, I'd like to only send the section that changed without sending the whole dictionary. For example,

document.add_or_update_field(word_experience, {가다: 50})

However, this outright replaces the dictionary that has been saved under the category, which is word_experience in this case. So I'm wondering if I can do something like this:

document.add_or_update_field(word_experience.가다, 50)

Where only the single key within word_experience is updated? I've rifled through the wiki and through Firebase documentation, but I'm unsure how to do something like this, or indeed whether it's possible. As always, thank you for your time.

[WolfgangSenff]

Hm. I'll test something. I think we can simplify your data structure and it'll make it much easier, but have to test it out.

[WolfgangSenff]

So, that said, I can consider attempting to allow paths into there. I'll have to think about how to do it. Give me some time, and if you want, can you open a feature request for it?

[AquaDragon33]

Ohh I see. And I assume then I'd have to create a different document for each of the different variables (dictionaries), rather than storing all the dictionaries into one big mega document. So then each one can sort of automatically get the benefit of only "seeing" the changes, and thus would make the saves efficient enough to avoid the stuttering (probably).

If that sounds right, I'll use that as an implementation for now to make my saves more efficient, and I shall open the feature request as well since that kind of feature would still be useful in the future, especially with my dictionaries of dictionaries.

[WolfgangSenff]

Ah, yeah, if you have multiple sub-dictionaries like that, then it's harder. I have some time before my next interview, so I'll just try to implement it now and let you know how it goes.

[WolfgangSenff]

Okay, this is going to take quite a bit longer than I thought. You added the request which is awesome, but you probably should switch to what you were saying and use that in the meantime.

[AquaDragon33]

Sounds good, thanks for the prompt update! Take your time, as I believe I can reduce the scale issues quite significantly with your idea in the meantime, and so this thread has been a tremendous help already.