# Usage with Redux

Although RNFirebase usage requires a React Native environment, it isn't tightly coupled which allows for full flexibility
when it comes to integrating with other modules such a [`react-redux`](https://github.com/reactjs/react-redux). If you wish to use
a Redux library designed for Firebase, we suggest taking a look at [`react-redux-firebase`](http://docs.react-redux-firebase.com/history/v2.0.0/docs/recipes/react-native.html)
for implementation with this module.

## Standalone integration

Although the following example works for a basic redux setup, it may differ when integrating with other redux middleware.
Imagine a simple TODO app, with redux we're able to abstract the Firebase logic out of components which allows for greater
testability and maintainability.

?> We use [`redux-thunk`](https://github.com/gaearon/redux-thunk) to provide async actions.

### Action Creators

```js
// Actions
export const subscribe = () => {
  return (dispatch) => {
    firebase.database().ref('todos').on('value', (snapshot) => {
      const todos = [];
      
      snapshot.forEach((childSnapshot) => {
        todos.push({
          id: childSnapshot.key,
          ...(childSnapshot.val()),
        })
      })
      
      dispatch({
        type: 'TODO_UPDATE',
        todos,
      })
    })
  }
}

// Methods
export const addTodo = text => {
  firebase.database().ref('todos').push({
    text,
    visible: true,
  })
}

export const completeTodo = id => {
  firebase.database().ref(`todos/${id}`).update({
    visible: false,
  })
}

```

Instead of creating multiple actions which the reducers handle, we instead subscribe to the database ref and on any changes,
send a single action for the reducers to handle with the data which is constantly updating.

### Reducers

Our reducer now becomes really simple, as we're able to simply update the reducers state with whatever data has been returned
from our Firebase subscription.

```js
const todos = (state = {}, action) => {
  switch (action.type) {
    case 'TODO_UPDATE':
      return { ...action.todos };
  }
  
  return state;
}

export default todos;
```

### Component

We can now easily subscribe to the todos in redux state and get live updates when Firebase updates.

```js
import React from 'react';
import { FlatList } from 'react-native';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import { subscribe, addTodo, completeTodo } from '../actions/TodoActions.js';
...

class Todos extends React.Component {

  componentDidMount() {
    this.props.dispatch(
      subscribe()
    );
  }
  
  onComplete = (id) => {
    this.props.dispatch(
      completeTodo(id)
    );
  };
  
  onAdd = (text) => {
    this.props.dispatch(
      addTodo(text)
    );
  };
  
  render() {    
    return (
      <FlatList
        data={this.props.todos}
        ...
      />
    );
  }
}

function mapStateToProps(state) {
  return {
    todos: state.todos,
  };
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Todos);
```