I’m using the realtime database for my Flutter app.
I’ve red on the Firebase website the db uses SSL encryption overhead. ~ 3.5kb
My app uses multiple listeners and does a lot of update operations. ~ 3 listeners and 50 updates per user session
Do I have to ‘pay’ 3.5kb with every operation?
Or is the ssl connection only once when the app is launched?
Thanks in advance !
Contacted firebase support about this:
"The Admin SDK for Node uses a socket to connect to the Firebase database. It does not use the REST API. Bandwidth while negotiating the HTTPS/WebSocket connection is billable traffic here too. The building of this connection from Cloud Functions to the Database happens when a new container is created. This can be upon the first deployment of the project's functions, after a period of inactivity, or when the Cloud Functions needs to be scaled-up due to high activity."
