Add startAfter() and endBefore() to database types

.changeset/young-cups-drum.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@firebase/database-types": minor
+"@firebase/database": patch
+"firebase": patch
+---
+
+Add `startAfter()` and `endBefore()` to the Realtime Database TypeScript definitions.

packages/database-types/index.d.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type EventType =
   | 'child_removed';
 
 export interface Query {
+  endBefore(value: number | string | boolean | null, key?: string): Query;
   endAt(value: number | string | boolean | null, key?: string): Query;
   equalTo(value: number | string | boolean | null, key?: string): Query;
   isEqual(other: Query | null): boolean;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export interface Query {
   orderByValue(): Query;
   ref: Reference;
   startAt(value: number | string | boolean | null, key?: string): Query;
+  startAfter(value: number | string | boolean | null, key?: string): Query;
   toJSON(): Object;
   toString(): string;
 }

packages/firebase/index.d.ts

@@ -5942,8 +5942,8 @@ declare namespace firebase.database {
     /**
      * Creates a `Query` with the specified ending point.
      *
-     * Using `startAt()`, `endAt()`, and `equalTo()` allows you to choose arbitrary
-     * starting and ending points for your queries.
+     * Using `startAt()`, `startAfter()`, `endBefore()`, `endAt()` and `equalTo()`
+     * allows you to choose arbitrary starting and ending points for your queries.
      *
      * The ending point is inclusive, so children with exactly the specified value
      * will be included in the query. The optional key argument can be used to
@@ -5959,6 +5959,7 @@ declare namespace firebase.database {
      * @example
      * ```javascript
      * // Find all dinosaurs whose names come before Pterodactyl lexicographically.
+     * // Include Pterodactyl in the result.
      * var ref = firebase.database().ref("dinosaurs");
      * ref.orderByKey().endAt("pterodactyl").on("child_added", function(snapshot) {
      *   console.log(snapshot.key);
@@ -5977,11 +5978,43 @@ declare namespace firebase.database {
       value: number | string | boolean | null,
       key?: string
     ): firebase.database.Query;
+    /**
+     * Creates a `Query` with the specified ending point (exclusive).
+     *
+     * Using `startAt()`, `startAfter()`, `endBefore()`, `endAt()` and `equalTo()`
+     * allows you to choose arbitrary starting and ending points for your queries.
+     *
+     * The ending point is exclusive. If only a value is provided, children
+     * with a value less than the specified value will be included in the query.
+     * If a key is specified, then children must have a value lesss than or equal
+     * to the specified value and a a key name less than the specified key.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * ```javascript
+     * // Find all dinosaurs whose names come before Pterodactyl lexicographically.
+     * // Do not include Pterodactyl in the result.
+     * var ref = firebase.database().ref("dinosaurs");
+     * ref.orderByKey().endBefore("pterodactyl").on("child_added", function(snapshot) {
+     *   console.log(snapshot.key);
+     * });
+     *
+     * @param value The value to end before. The argument
+     *   type depends on which `orderBy*()` function was used in this query.
+     *   Specify a value that matches the `orderBy*()` type. When used in
+     *   combination with `orderByKey()`, the value must be a string.
+     * @param key The child key to end before, among the children with the
+     *   previously specified priority. This argument is only allowed if ordering by
+     *   child, value, or priority.
+     */
+    endBefore(
+      value: number | string | boolean | null,
+      key?: string
+    ): firebase.database.Query;
     /**
      * Creates a `Query` that includes children that match the specified value.
      *
-     * Using `startAt()`, `endAt()`, and `equalTo()` allows us to choose arbitrary
-     * starting and ending points for our queries.
+     * Using `startAt()`, `startAfter()`, `endBefore()`, `endAt()` and `equalTo()`
+     * allows you to choose arbitrary starting and ending points for your queries.
      *
      * The optional key argument can be used to further limit the range of the
      * query. If it is specified, then children that have exactly the specified
@@ -6426,8 +6459,8 @@ declare namespace firebase.database {
     /**
      * Creates a `Query` with the specified starting point.
      *
-     * Using `startAt()`, `endAt()`, and `equalTo()` allows you to choose arbitrary
-     * starting and ending points for your queries.
+     * Using `startAt()`, `startAfter()`, `endBefore()`, `endAt()` and `equalTo()`
+     * allows you to choose arbitrary starting and ending points for your queries.
      *
      * The starting point is inclusive, so children with exactly the specified value
      * will be included in the query. The optional key argument can be used to
@@ -6460,6 +6493,37 @@ declare namespace firebase.database {
       value: number | string | boolean | null,
       key?: string
     ): firebase.database.Query;
+    /**
+     * Creates a `Query` with the specified starting point (exclusive).
+     *
+     * Using `startAt()`, `startAfter()`, `endBefore()`, `endAt()` and `equalTo()`
+     * allows you to choose arbitrary starting and ending points for your queries.
+     *
+     * The starting point is exclusive. If only a value is provided, children
+     * with a value greater than the specified value will be included in the query.
+     * If a key is specified, then children must have a value greater than or equal
+     * to the specified value and a a key name greater than the specified key.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * ```javascript
+     * // Find all dinosaurs that are more than three meters tall.
+     * var ref = firebase.database().ref("dinosaurs");
+     * ref.orderByChild("height").startAfter(3).on("child_added", function(snapshot) {
+     *   console.log(snapshot.key)
+     * });
+     * ```
+     *
+     * @param value The value to start after. The argument
+     *   type depends on which `orderBy*()` function was used in this query.
+     *   Specify a value that matches the `orderBy*()` type. When used in
+     *   combination with `orderByKey()`, the value must be a string.
+     * @param key The child key to start after. This argument is only allowed
+     *   if ordering by child, value, or priority.
+     */
+    startAfter(
+      value: number | string | boolean | null,
+      key?: string
+    ): firebase.database.Query;
     /**
      * Returns a JSON-serializable representation of this object.
      *