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fireData 2.0.2

CRAN resubmission

Replaced all remaining example \dontrun{} blocks with \donttest{}. Examples requiring private Firebase resources or local configuration now require explicit opt-in via FIREDATA_RUN_EXAMPLES=true after setup.

fireData 2.0.1

CRAN resubmission

Audited remaining examples: enabled local examples, guarded browser launching, demonstrated the Dynamic Links shutdown with try(), and added temporary-file cleanup to file-writing examples and legacy S4 downloads.
Required ‘testthat’ 3.2.0 or later for the mocking helpers used by the tests.
Revised the title and description, quoted service and package names, and added the Firebase web service URL.
Guarded interactive setup, Google sign-in, and Shiny examples with if (interactive()) and corrected Shiny example namespaces.
Replaced legacy progress printing with suppressible messages and disabled download progress bars. firebase_config_show() now returns its masked list without printing; use print() to display it explicitly.
Made the configuration wizard session-only by default. Saving now requires save = TRUE and an explicit output path; it never creates a home directory.
Used temporary paths for example downloads and backups, disabled implicit legacy OAuth disk caching, and rendered legacy R Markdown deployments in a temporary directory that is removed after upload.

Compatibility and release maintenance

Updated the maintainer email and added the maintainer ORCID.
Updated deprecated authentication wrappers to use the current Identity Toolkit v1 REST endpoints instead of the obsolete v3 endpoints.
Updated the inferred Cloud Storage bucket for newly created Firebase projects to the current PROJECT_ID.firebasestorage.app format. Legacy projects can pass their existing PROJECT_ID.appspot.com bucket explicitly.
Made Cloud Storage uploads compatible with uniform bucket-level access by applying object ACLs only when explicitly requested, and cached service-account access tokens separately for each OAuth scope set.
Documented Realtime Database regional URLs and the package’s supported Firebase feature scope.
Marked Firebase Dynamic Links helpers as unavailable following the service’s shutdown on August 25, 2025.
Removed stale CRAN availability claims, broken external artwork, temporary repository files, and unused suggested dependencies.

fireData 2.0.0

Breaking Changes

Minimum R version increased to 4.1.0
Function naming convention changed to snake_case (old camelCase functions deprecated)
Connection object pattern introduced - most functions now accept a conn parameter

New Features

Architecture

Modular design: Package split from single 792-line file into 15 focused modules
Connection objects: New firebase_connect() creates reusable connection with configuration
Configuration management: Support for environment variables, config files, and interactive setup
Custom error classes: Firebase-specific error types with detailed messages
Service account support: Full support for server-side authentication via service accounts

Authentication

auth_sign_in() - Sign in with email/password (replaces auth())
auth_anonymous() - Anonymous sign in (replaces anonymous_login())
auth_create_user() - Create new user (replaces createUser())
auth_reset_password() - Send password reset email (replaces resetPassword())
auth_google() - Google OAuth sign in (replaces google_login())
auth_refresh_token() - Refresh expired tokens (NEW)
auth_get_user() - Get current user info (NEW)
auth_update_profile() - Update user profile (NEW)
auth_delete_user() - Delete user account (NEW)

Realtime Database

rtdb_get() - Read data (replaces download())
rtdb_set() - Write/overwrite data (replaces put())
rtdb_push() - Add data with auto-key (replaces upload())
rtdb_update() - Partial update (replaces patch())
rtdb_delete() - Delete data (replaces delete())
rtdb_backup() - Full database backup (replaces dataBackup())
rtdb_query() - Query builder with filtering/sorting (NEW)

Cloud Firestore (NEW)

firestore_get() - Get a document from a collection
firestore_set() - Create/overwrite a document
firestore_add() - Add document with auto-generated ID
firestore_update() - Update specific fields in a document
firestore_delete() - Delete a document
firestore_list() - List documents in a collection with pagination
firestore_query() - Query builder for complex queries
Query helpers: fs_where(), fs_order_by(), fs_limit(), fs_offset(), fs_select(), fs_execute()
Support for common Firestore data types (strings, numbers, booleans, timestamps, arrays, maps)

Cloud Storage

storage_upload() - Upload files (replaces upload_storage())
storage_download() - Download files (NEW)
storage_delete() - Delete files (replaces delete_storage())
storage_list() - List files (replaces list_storage())
storage_get_metadata() - Get file metadata (replaces get_storage())
storage_get_url() - Get download URL (replaces get_url())
storage_upload_folder() - Upload folder (replaces upload_folder())

Dynamic Links

dynlink_create() - Create short links (replaces get_dynamic_link())
Legacy Dynamic Links helpers are retained for compatibility. Firebase Dynamic Links shut down on August 25, 2025, so these helpers no longer make API requests.

Configuration

firebase_connect() - Create connection object (NEW)
firebase_config_set() - Set session configuration (NEW)
firebase_config_get() - Get configuration value (NEW)
firebase_config_load() - Load from YAML file (NEW)
firebase_config_wizard() - Interactive setup (NEW)

Utilities

path_sanitize() - Clean Firebase paths (replaces path_check())
FirebaseToken - R6 class for token management with auto-refresh (NEW)
ServiceAccountCredentials - R6 class for service account auth (NEW)

Deprecated Functions

The following functions are deprecated but still work. They will show deprecation warnings:

Deprecated	Use Instead
`auth()`	`auth_sign_in()`
`anonymous_login()`	`auth_anonymous()`
`createUser()`	`auth_create_user()`
`resetPassword()`	`auth_reset_password()`
`google_login()`	`auth_google()`
`upload()`	`rtdb_push()`
`download()`	`rtdb_get()`
`put()`	`rtdb_set()`
`patch()`	`rtdb_update()`
`delete()`	`rtdb_delete()`
`dataBackup()`	`rtdb_backup()`
`upload_storage()`	`storage_upload()`
`delete_storage()`	`storage_delete()`
`list_storage()`	`storage_list()`
`get_storage()`	`storage_get_metadata()`
`get_url()`	`storage_get_url()`
`upload_folder()`	`storage_upload_folder()`
`get_dynamic_link()`	`dynlink_create()`
`path_check()`	`path_sanitize()`

Infrastructure

CI migrated from Travis CI to GitHub Actions
Test credentials removed from source code (now via environment variables)
Added test helpers for safe credential handling
Code coverage reporting via Codecov

Dependencies

Added

R6 (>= 2.5.0) - For token and credential classes
openssl (>= 2.0.0) - For JWT signing
yaml (>= 2.3.0) - For config file support

Updated

httr (>= 1.4.0)
jsonlite (>= 1.8.0)
curl (>= 5.0.0)

Removed

Removed hardcoded test credentials
Removed deprecated .travis.yml

fireData 1.16

Last release of v1.x series
See GitHub releases for historical changes

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