---
title: "Bring Relational Power to Firebase with Firebase Data Connect"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/bring-relational-power-to-firebase-with-firebase-data-connect-5lp1tgkc1
source_url: https://medium.com/firebase-developers/bring-relational-power-to-firebase-with-firebase-data-connect-e65e5c420ca8
type: article
source: "Firebase Developers"
published: 2024-12-17T14:52:29.467Z
updated: 2024-12-17T14:52:47.018Z
tags: ["webdev", "gcp", "postgresql", "graphql", "firebase"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Bring Relational Power to Firebase with Firebase Data Connect

**[Firebase Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-developers)** · 11 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Firebase Data Connect is Firebase’s first relational database offering, leveraging PostgreSQL on GCP and a GraphQL-based bridge to handle complex queries. It simplifies database interaction by generating schemas, type-safe SDKs, and API endpoints. The setup includes environment initialization, data model and connector definition, local testing, and integration with client applications, leading up to production deployment. Data Connect supports both GraphQL and raw SQL queries, offering flexibility for various use cases.

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#gcp](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase)

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