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I am building a web application with Firebase and I saw they released their expansion with all great new features. However, the Remote Config section is now only available for Android and IOS apps. Is there a way to apply the remote config also on web app as well?

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firebaser here

Since September 2019 it is possible to use Remote Config from your web applications. Have a look at Get started with Firebase Remote Config on Web to get started.

Frank van Puffelen
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    well, that stops me from using FRC since it's not a `true` cross platform solution. Thank you for the reply. – Norfeldt Jul 17 '16 at 17:41
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    Why don't you just use the realtime database for configurations? Just add a configuration node and add your parameters... Your web app can instantly apply changes when using an event listener. – Marcel Dieterle Jan 05 '17 at 19:10
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    @MarcelDieterle on the app side that would indeed be similar. But you'd miss the UI for configuring the values, including targeting based on audience. – Frank van Puffelen Jan 05 '17 at 20:40
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    Any news on this new feature? – Muhammad Hassan Nasr Jan 10 '17 at 08:54
  • if you like to have similar feature like firebase remote config in your webapp, try GTM (Google Tag Manager). – Danny Hong Aug 03 '17 at 07:42
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    This is important to our organization so that we can use remote config in all of our environments. – dazza5000 Aug 14 '17 at 14:34
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    I'd like that too. Seems to be great for A/B testing – ProblemsOfSumit Sep 20 '17 at 21:22
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    @FrankvanPuffelen any update or notice? It would be really useful, we'll stick to realtime database until it's available. Thanks! – frapeti Dec 01 '17 at 15:29
  • The Remote Config REST API is now available. You can see the [docs here](https://firebase.google.com/docs/remote-config/use-config-rest) @OhadPerry – Rosário Pereira Fernandes Mar 13 '18 at 17:57
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    @RosárioPereiraFernandes The REST API is (currently) only for editing the Remote Config templates. It is not for use in regular web clients (similar to the iOS and Android SDKs), which is what OP seems to be asking for. – Frank van Puffelen Mar 13 '18 at 18:46
  • I understand Frank, and thanks for the clarification. I was just telling Ohad the news, since he mentioned he would love to see this API :) – Rosário Pereira Fernandes Mar 13 '18 at 18:55
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    @Frank: Is that still the case? [Use the Remote Config REST API](https://firebase.google.com/docs/remote-config/use-config-rest) starts with "This document describes how you can use the Remote Config REST API to **read and modify** the set of JSON-formatted parameters and conditions known as the Remote Config template." – Dan Dascalescu Sep 08 '18 at 01:39
  • You can read the template, but that doesn't yet resolve the variables as the serve does when accessed a client. In other words: the REST API is for modifying the variable, replacing the console. It is not for replacing the Android/iOS SDK, or building your own SDK on platforms where one isn't available. – Frank van Puffelen Sep 08 '18 at 04:22
  • Is there any update about this topic? or any Beta for web? When I use Flutter and will use it also for Web soon, does Firebase add features that are iOS and Android only to Web to support it? – Nisim Joseph May 11 '19 at 20:00
  • @FrankvanPuffelen how about A/B testing with remote config, I think it's still not enabled for web? – CanC Jan 27 '20 at 10:46
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If you are interested in remote config on the web I suggest the following tips: I did this on my web app and it is working perfectly.

in the firebase database create a config node for example:

sampleFirebaseDB-c2555
{
    config : 
    {
    'lang':'EN',
     'color':'blue',    ...
    }
}

read that from javascript using regular firebase database read 

firebase.database.ref('/config/').once('value').then(function(snap){

});

and store that in an object or locally. and you can access the object proprietes by dot notation in your application

and to change the config you can make an admin page to change those database objects or to change them in firebase directly

I hope that helps :D

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    Hi jwdsoft. Remote configs are not merely preferences only. This feature also takes care of conditional values for various properties on the basis of location, percentile etc. – gaurav414u Jun 23 '17 at 07:07
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Firebase released a Remote Config REST API on 3/7/2018.

https://firebase.google.com/docs/remote-config/use-config-rest

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    Please note that this REST API is primarily designed for developers to edit or configure their Remote Config values from a custom tool or service. This should *not* be used by a consumer-facing web client. – Todd Kerpelman Mar 13 '18 at 20:16
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One alternative is google optimize if you are only doing web stuff. If you need to target all 3 platforms with one tool though not sure if it would be useful for that.

https://www.google.com/analytics/optimize/

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