Firebase database is throwing "Firebase error. Please ensure that you spelled the name of your Firebase correctly"

Question

I'm trying to push an object to the firebase database, but the push() method isn't working and it seems likely it has something to do with the warning I'm getting:

@firebase/database:, FIREBASE WARNING: Firebase error. Please ensure that you spelled the name of your Firebase correctly (https://<DATABASE_NAME>.firebaseio.com)

However it matches databaseURL in the config I have in the App.js

const config = {
apiKey: "<...>",
authDomain: "<...>.firebaseapp.com",
projectId: "<...>",
storageBucket: "<...>.appspot.com",
messagingSenderId: "<...>",
appId: "<...>",
databaseURL: "https://<...>.firebaseio.com",
};
firebase.initializeApp(config);

The method I use to get access to the database:

 const { currentUser } = firebase.auth();
 console.log(currentUser.uid); // works fine
 firebase
     .database()
     .ref(`/users/${currentUser.uid}/cards`)
     .push({some object})

I'm using Database location: Belgium (europe-west1) if that matters. And firebase authentication works fine.

Pioneer

firebaser here Answer on how to fix this is below. But can you tell me where you got that config snippet from? I get the correct URL in my tests and if this is a bug I'd love to get it fixed. – Ennui

I got the config from firebase except for the databaseURL which I added afterwards. – Pioneer

Hmmm... then where did you get that specific URL value from? Thanks for answering btw, as you're not the only one to have problems here. – Ennui

Answer 1

The databaseURL in your configuration snippet does not seem to match the actual URL of your database.

I recommend getting the correct URL from the Firebase console and putting that in the config.

Ennui

It should actually end in firebasedatabase.app as far as I can tell. My experience: don't type the URL, but copy/paste it from the console link I provided. – Ennui

I typed a bit too fast. The URL ended in fact with .europe-west1.firebasedatabase.app – Pioneer

another option is that the realtime databse wasn't created yet, go to the firebase console and make sure you created a realtime database with that name – Gareth

Answer 2

In my case, realtime databse wasn't created yet. I faced this issue for below code on react app.

set(ref(db,'users/' + userid), {
  username:name,
  email:email,
  profile_picture: uploadLink
})

Above syntax for writing to realtime database not firestore

Scarce

Answer 3

This error shows up when we create a database in Cloud database. Actually, we need to create a real time database which provides databaseURL.

Demodulate

Yes, i forgot to create a realtime db on Firebase, tks – Praemunire

Answer 4

In my case, I had to correct my databaseURL. or please check that you created Realtime DB in your Firebase account.

admin.initializeApp({
  credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
  databaseURL: 'https://{YOUR-PROJECT-ID}-default-rtdb.asia-southeast1.firebasedatabase.app/'
});

Klingel

Answer 5

Just create an database in Realtime DataBase in Firebase.console . It will resolve the problem.

Paralysis

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