How to automatically backup Firestore database daily

Question

I would like to backup a Firestore database on a daily basis.

My data structure is like this:

usersCollection
  uid
     defaultCurrency: 'USD'
     name: 'something'
     dreamsCollection
                     name
                     image

I have looked at firestore-export-import and node-firestore-backup to do the backup and export the data to a JSON file.

My questions are:

1. If I create a cloud function how do I run the cloud function daily?
2. What is the best way to do the backup?
   • Should I store the data in firebase storage and how to do this?
   • Should I save the JSON to a separate service etc?

Any help, no matter how small would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

You can now export and import the data to the specified bucket.

More info here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/export-import

Here is an info on how to do it automatically:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/solutions/schedule-export