# \[ANNOUNCEMENT\] logstash-input-firebase released **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Ecosystem\ **Created:** [January 12, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-input-firebase-released/71331 "2017-01-12T07:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![val](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/val/32/138203_2.png) [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-input-firebase-released/71331/1 "2017-01-12T07:35:24Z")
A new Logstash input plugin called logstash-input-firebase is now available to retrieve data out of your [Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/) real-time databases. This plugin can work in two modes: 1. **get mode:** Retrieve the value of database references on a fixed schedule (at midnight, every 5 minutes, etc) 2. **stream mode:** Retrieve the value of database references in real-time as it changes (via the [streaming REST API](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/rest/retrieve-data#section-rest-streaming)) We're still working on a few kinks (complex filtering stuff, etc) but aside from that the input is fully functional. The input is available and documented here: [https://github.com/consulthys/logstash-input-firebase](https://github.com/consulthys/logstash-input-firebase) Also watch out for the sister output plugin [coming out soon](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-output-firebase-released/71396), which will allow you to sink your Logstash events to Firebase: [https://github.com/consulthys/logstash-output-firebase](https://github.com/consulthys/logstash-output-firebase) PS: Thanks to the good folks at [Codementor](https://www.codementor.io/) for providing the excellent [rest-firebase](https://github.com/CodementorIO/rest-firebase) Ruby library to interact with the [Firebase REST API](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/rest/retrieve-data). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-logstash-input-firebase-released/71331)._