Support for Firestore Client on App Engine Standard?

[Joel Fernandes]

This is with regard to #179 on Firebase Admin Python SDK.

Is there a workaround, or any updates on the timeline on when support for Firestore client will be added on App Engine Standard?

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

What is the special use-case requiring the specific use of Firestore on App Engine Standard? In that environment, identical functionality is provided by Cloud Datastore. There doesn't seem to be any specific need for Firestore in place of Datastore, at first glance. 

[Joel Fernandes]

Our application is built on top of Firebase and its services, including Firestore. Although Cloud Datastore provides identical functionalities, I'm not if it can be or should be integrated with Firebase, when Firestore is an option that is readily available. 

However, it seems like the SDK libraries are supported by the Python 3.7 runtime on GAE standard. That's something I need to test now. 

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

Glad to read that you have found a possible solution offered by Python 3.7. You might still encounter an issue if you try to simply switch over from Firestore to Datastore within the same project. This feature is not yet supported. For the moment, the workaround consists in creating a new project with Cloud Datastore, then adapting the code accordingly, for Datastore access.