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Asked 1 month ago by NeptunianRanger394

How can I verify a user's admin role from another collection in Firebase rules for deleting SlideShow documents?

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I have two collections: one called user_registration that stores user data (phone, email, UID, etc.), and another called SlideShow with various fields. I want to allow deletion of any SlideShow document only if the requesting user is an admin, verified by checking their UID in the user_registration collection. I tried to create a rule that uses a UID field from the SlideShow document, but since that field isn’t present, it fails with permission errors.

I attempted to write my Firebase rules as follows:

FIREBASE
match /SlideShow/{SlideShowId} { allow read: if true; allow write, update, delete: if get(/databases/$(database)/documents/user_registration/$(request.resource.data.Uid)).data.role == 'admin'; }

And here is the Flutter code I used:

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Future deleteItem( ) async { try { DocumentSnapshot userDoc = await FirebaseFirestore.instance .collection('user_registration') .doc(Uid) .get(); if (userDoc['role'] == 'admin') { QuerySnapshot querySnapshot = await FirebaseFirestore.instance .collection('SlideShow') .where('IDSlideShow', isEqualTo: int.parse(widget.IDSlideShow)) .get(); for (DocumentSnapshot docSnapshot in querySnapshot.docs) { await docSnapshot.reference.delete(); } print('Documents deleted successfully.'); } else { print('User does not have permission to delete.'); } } catch (e) { print('Error deleting documents: $e'); } }

The error I receive is:

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W/Firestore( 6815): (25.1.1) [WriteStream]: (9d81ab6) Stream closed with status: Status{code=PERMISSION_DENIED, description=Missing or insufficient permissions., cause=null}. W/Firestore( 6815): (25.1.1) [Firestore]: Write failed at SlideShow/tfo1LvgdtZYOEVLawm1k: Status{code=PERMISSION_DENIED, description=Missing or insufficient permissions., cause=null} I/flutter ( 6815): Error deleting documents: [cloud_firestore/permission-denied] The caller does not have permission to execute the specified operation.

I did not add a UID to the SlideShow documents because I want a user to have the ability to delete any document they choose after verifying their admin role. How can I fix these rules so that the deletion works correctly?

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 1 month ago

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Below is one way to solve your problem. The issue is that your rules use the field from request.resource.data (i.e. Uid) even on delete operations. With a delete, request.resource is empty (and even for writes if you don’t include the uid field, it won’t work). Instead, you can check the currently authenticated user using request.auth.uid. Provided that your user_registration documents are keyed by the user's UID, you can write the rules as follows:

FIREBASE
service cloud.firestore { match /databases/{database}/documents { match /SlideShow/{SlideShowId} { allow read: if true; allow write, update, delete: if request.auth != null && get(/databases/$(database)/documents/user_registration/$(request.auth.uid)).data.role == 'admin'; } } }

Explanation

  • Using request.auth.uid:
    Instead of relying on a field in the document data (which might not be present or valid on delete), you check the authenticated user’s UID.

  • Ensuring the user document exists:
    This rule fetches the document in user_registration where the document ID is the UID of the authenticated user. If the user's role is "admin", then they are allowed to delete (or write/update) any SlideShow document.

Flutter Code Considerations

Since your Flutter code already retrieves the user’s document from the user_registration collection to check the role, ensure that the client is signing in properly so that request.auth isn’t null. With the above rules, if the authenticated user is an admin according to your database, the deletion will succeed.

This approach ensures that even if you haven't stored a UID field in your SlideShow collection, an admin user (as verified by the user_registration collection) can delete any document in the SlideShow collection.

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Answer by SupernovaOrbiter010 1 month ago

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The request.resource.data.Uid in your rule takes the value of the Uid field in the resource as it exists after the operation is completed (assuming it is allowed).


Your SlideShow document doesn't have a Uid field, which is what your rule uses to determine the document to read from the user_registration collection. Since the field doesn't exist, this rule fails and the write is rejected.

If you want to use the user_registration document for the currently signed in user, the expression for that is:

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request.auth.uid

I recommend keeping the Firebase documentation on accessing authentication data in security rules handy while you're working on this.


If you actually ever do need a field from the document in a delete rule, make sure to use the resource instead of request.resource. The latter is the document as it exists after the operation is completed (assuming it is allowed), which in the case of a delete operation means it'll be no document.

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