Workaround · API & developer experience · Blocks work
Missing Map attribute forces JSON stringifying and a REST facade
1 source thread · first seen 2022-02
Summary
A long-time Firestore developer lacks nested Map attributes and has to stringify nested models, then build a REST API in front of Appwrite to reshape the data. This is complicated and takes time from client development.
- Affects
- Flutter developer coming from Firebase
- Workaround
- JSON.stringify nested data and build a REST API facade to reformat it
Evidence
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“Not having Map attrib means I have to JSON.stringify all of my Map attribs”