--- title: Announcing the Remote Config REST API | daily.dev description: Firebase has launched a Remote Config REST API that lets developers read and update Remote Config values programmatically, without going through the Firebase... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing the Remote Config REST API | daily.dev og:description: Firebase has launched a Remote Config REST API that lets developers read and update Remote Config values programmatically, without going through the Firebase... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zmYdRKs5a.png og:image:alt: Announcing the Remote Config REST API og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing the Remote Config REST API **[Firebase](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Firebase has launched a Remote Config REST API that lets developers read and update Remote Config values programmatically, without going through the Firebase console. The API supports two operations: fetching current values and setting new ones. Suggested use cases include adding validation/sanity checks before publishing values, restricting which team members can edit specific values, building custom version history, scheduling updates via cron jobs, batch-importing values from other systems, and integrating with Cloud Functions for event-driven config changes. Client apps should still read values via the native mobile SDKs rather than this API. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can I update Firebase Remote Config values without using the Firebase console? Yes, Firebase offers a Remote Config REST API that lets you get and set Remote Config values programmatically instead of using the console. It consists of two calls: one to retrieve the current values and one to publish new ones. It is meant for server-side or in-house tooling, not for clients to read values directly—client apps should still fetch config through the native mobile SDKs. _Developers automating app configuration workflows follow API rollouts like this one on daily.dev._ ### What can I build with the Firebase Remote Config REST API? You can build custom tooling around Remote Config, such as sanity checks on values before publishing, role-based restrictions so marketing and game design teams can't overwrite each other's settings, your own version history stored in a database like Cloud Firestore, scheduled updates via cron jobs, batch imports from another config system, and event-driven changes triggered from Cloud Functions. _Teams designing config automation pipelines track platform API capabilities like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Optimize your Firebase Remote Config usage](https://daily.dev/posts/optimize-your-firebase-remote-config-usage-woddfd7ym) · Firebase · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [What Firebase’s Docs Don’t Tell You About Remote Config in React Native \(2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-firebase-s-docs-don-t-tell-you-about-remote-config-in-react-native-2026--063rjk39t) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dynamic configuration in Java with Server-Side Firebase Remote Config](https://daily.dev/posts/dynamic-configuration-in-java-with-server-side-firebase-remote-config-yvb4sfjnd) · Firebase Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase), [#gcp-cloud-functions](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp-cloud-functions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing the Remote Config REST API","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:18:15.200Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:23:14.837Z","description":"Firebase has launched a Remote Config REST API that lets developers read and update Remote Config values programmatically, without going through the Firebase...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7ed721de96163685d26ab7e314be3ebc?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7ed721de96163685d26ab7e314be3ebc?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Firebase","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Firebase","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--i395oqZH--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487448/logos/firebase-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile,rest-api,firebase,gcp-cloud-functions","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Firebase","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Announcing the Remote Config REST API"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-remote-config-rest-api-zmydrks5a#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I update Firebase Remote Config values without using the Firebase console?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Firebase offers a Remote Config REST API that lets you get and set Remote Config values programmatically instead of using the console. 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