Firebase update DB at regular intervals

Question

I am developing an app using Firebase. As per my requirement, I have to reset the entries in Firebase DB at some regular intervals (for example, every 12 hours, I have to reset the existing entries in Firebase).

Is there any way to do this? Also I don't want to do this in App side.
Is it possible to integrate Google App Engine with Firebase? If yes, please provide any useful links.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can definitely do this. I did something similar in a project of mine that copies data from a third party into a database periodically.

The basic steps to get set up can be found here. Basically:

1. Set up an app engine instance (it can even be your in Firebase project, backed by a GCP project)
2. Use the Firebase server SDK to implement a servlet that does what you want.
3. Set up a repeating cron job to invoke it as often as needed.