Firestore use dict (GoogleCloudPlatform#8353)

Mariatta · dandhlee · web-flow · commit 8a43decf48de · 2022-09-30T13:50:33.000-04:00
* Firestore client: Update snippet and use a dictionary

Instead of a previously undeclared custom City class.

Fixes internal issue: 244038329

* Show how to use the autogenerated id

* Revert change in project id

Co-authored-by: Dan Lee &lt;71398022+dandhlee@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/firestore/cloud-client/snippets.py b/firestore/cloud-client/snippets.py
@@ -211,8 +211,12 @@ def add_data_with_id():
 def add_custom_class_generated_id():
     db = firestore.Client()
     # [START firestore_data_set_id_random_collection]
-    city = City(name=u'Tokyo', state=None, country=u'Japan')
-    db.collection(u'cities').add(city.to_dict())
+    city = {
+        u'name': u'Tokyo',
+        u'country': u'Japan'
+    }
+    update_time, city_ref = db.collection(u'cities').add(city)
+    print(f'Added document with id {city_ref.id}')
     # [END firestore_data_set_id_random_collection]
 
 
