Allows wiki pages to display live data from Firebase references.
There are two new tags for retrieving data from a Firebase reference: <firebase> and <firebaseraw>. Here's how they work.
All instances of <firebase url="gamma.firebase.com/myfirebase/mydata" /> will be replaced by a <span></span> element that fills itself with live data from the provided Firebase URL. Use this tag if you want to display a live entry from Firebase.
All instances of <firebaseraw url="gamma.firebase.com/myfirebase/mydata" /> will be replaced only once, before most other widgets, templates, or extensions are loaded. This means you can insert the tag into something like a Google Street View Widget:
{{#widget:Google Street View
|lat=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/myfirebase/lat" />
|lng=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/myfirebase/lng" />
|yaw=370.64659986187695
|pitch=-20
|zoom=0
}}
Pretty cool, right?
See www.firebase.com for more information on how to set up a Firebase reference.
Install by copying the repository contents to some place in the extensions directory, like extensions/Firebase/. Then add the following (or equivalent) to LocalSettings.php:
require_once( "$IP/extensions/Firebase/Firebase.php" );
In this case I've renamed the repository from "Mediawiki-Firebase" to "Firebase".
See http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:Firebase for more info.
This extension is not affiliated with the developers of Firebase.