scheduled Backup firebase data to cloud

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For data security and resilience purposes.

script to copy data to another (online) location Scripted /triggered/scheduled from where Website using php cron, Firebase function??, or from request from local PC eg running MapAdmin, or onDemand (only when new data added), using Zapier, with OneDrive?? Also investaged feasability of using GoDaddy Ended up Using Heroku

Sort out FB rules - not working for /Maps/ or any /Users/, but is for indevidual maps etc

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• Open Firebase connection

  • Retrieve data to backup
  • write a file to local file system (tried to write to memory - but coudn;t work out how to do)
  • Set up FTp connection
  • Send file over FTP to shared hosting

• close connections

  • terminate script

• How to Perform tasks in order (all are async) Now tested locally Got node script to terminate properly at last (needed to do app.delete() at end Working for an array of refPaths - but can only do maps indevidually, due to FB user permissions (Created a new user specifically for reading /copying to remote location) also cannot access / Users/ for same reason

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Created new FB user for Backup - readAll no write. See Trello clientMap board for details. Running into problems with simple-ftp timeout datasocket. (and not writing large file to local filesystem. - see Trello etc

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Now working - at least from local, since Broadband upgraded. Moved whole FB database as one file from Local to Remote shared via FTP

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So currently planning to use Heroku - but howabout using Firebase functions - using the same node code?? (cannot use the native Firebase cron scheduling equivalent is this feature is a paid service)