Updated instance ID API docs (#193)

* Updated instance ID API docs

* Fixing some typos and other minor formatting changes

Author: hiranya911

firebase_admin/db.py

@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
 
 
 def reference(path='/', app=None, url=None):
-    """Returns a database Reference representing the node at the specified path.
+    """Returns a database ``Reference`` representing the node at the specified path.
 
-    If no path is specified, this function returns a Reference that represents the database root.
-    By default, the returned References provide access to the Firebase Database specified at
-    app initialization. To connect to a different Database instance in the same Firebase project,
+    If no path is specified, this function returns a ``Reference`` that represents the database
+    root. By default, the returned References provide access to the Firebase Database specified at
+    app initialization. To connect to a different database instance in the same Firebase project,
     specify the ``url`` parameter.
 
     Args:
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def listen(self, callback):
         """Registers the ``callback`` function to receive realtime updates.
 
         The specified callback function will get invoked with ``db.Event`` objects for each
-        realtime update received from the Database.
+        realtime update received from the database.
 
         This API is based on the event streaming support available in the Firebase REST API. Each
         call to ``listen()`` starts a new HTTP connection and a background thread. This is an

firebase_admin/instance_id.py

@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ def _get_iid_service(app):
 
 
 def delete_instance_id(instance_id, app=None):
-    """Deletes the specified instance ID from Firebase.
+    """Deletes the specified instance ID and the associated data from Firebase.
 
-    This can be used to delete an instance ID and associated user data from a Firebase project,
-    pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
+    Note that Google Analytics for Firebase uses its own form of Instance ID to
+    keep track of analytics data. Therefore deleting a regular Instance ID does
+    not delete Analytics data. See `Delete an Instance ID`_ for more information.
 
     Args:
       instance_id: A non-empty instance ID string.
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ def delete_instance_id(instance_id, app=None):
     Raises:
       InstanceIdError: If an error occurs while invoking the backend instance ID service.
       ValueError: If the specified instance ID or app is invalid.
+
+    .. _Delete an Instance ID: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy\
+          /manage-iids#delete_an_instance_id
     """
     _get_iid_service(app).delete_instance_id(instance_id)
 

firebase_admin/messaging.py

@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ class WebpushNotification(object):
             notification replaces an old one (optional).
         require_interaction: A boolean indicating whether a notification should remain active
             until the user clicks or dismisses it, rather than closing automatically (optional).
-        silent: True to indicate that the notification should be silent (optional).
+        silent: ``True`` to indicate that the notification should be silent (optional).
         tag: An identifying tag on the notification (optional).
         timestamp_millis: A timestamp value in milliseconds on the notification (optional).
         vibrate: A vibration pattern for the device's vibration hardware to emit when the
-            notification fires (optional). THe pattern is specified as an integer array.
+            notification fires (optional). The pattern is specified as an integer array.
         custom_data: A dict of custom key-value pairs to be included in the notification
             (optional)