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Transaction.update() method

Updates fields in the document referred to by the provided DocumentReference. The update will fail if applied to a document that does not exist.

Nested fields can be updated by providing dot-separated field path strings or by providing FieldPath objects.

Signature:

update(documentRef: DocumentReference<unknown>, field: string | FieldPath, value: unknown, ...moreFieldsAndValues: unknown[]): this;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
documentRef	DocumentReference<unknown>	A reference to the document to be updated.
field	string | FieldPath	The first field to update.
value	unknown	The first value.
moreFieldsAndValues	unknown[]	Additional key/value pairs.

Returns:

this

This Transaction instance. Used for chaining method calls.