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Type functions
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Type Functions
| Name | Description |
TYPE | Returns the type of the value as aSTRING. |
TYPE
Syntax:
type(input: ANY) -> STRINGDescription:
Returns a string representation of theinput type.
If given an absent value, returnsNULL.
Examples:
input | type(input) |
|---|---|
| NULL | "null" |
| true | "boolean" |
| 1 | "int32" |
| -3L | "int64" |
| 3.14 | "float64" |
| 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z UTC | "timestamp" |
| "foo" | "string" |
| b"foo" | "bytes" |
| [1, 2] | "array" |
| {"a": 1} | "map" |
path("c/d") | "reference" |
vector([1.0, 2.0]) | "vector" |
| ABSENT | NULL |
Client examples
Node.js
constresult=awaitdb.pipeline().collection("books").select(field("title").notEqual("1984").as("not1984")).execute();
Web
constresult=awaitexecute(db.pipeline().collection("books").select(field("title").notEqual("1984").as("not1984")));
Swift
letresult=tryawaitdb.pipeline().collection("books").select([Field("title").notEqual("1984").as("not1984")]).execute()
Kotlin
valresult=db.pipeline().collection("books").select(field("title").notEqual("1984").alias("not1984")).execute()
Java
Task<Pipeline.Snapshot>result=db.pipeline().collection("books").select(field("title").notEqual("1984").alias("not1984")).execute();
Python
fromgoogle.cloud.firestore_v1.pipeline_expressionsimportFieldresult=(client.pipeline().collection("books").select(Field.of("title").not_equal("1984").as_("not1984")).execute())
Java
Pipeline.Snapshotresult=firestore.pipeline().collection("books").select(notEqual(field("title"),"1984").as("not1984")).execute().get();
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Last updated 2026-02-18 UTC.