I was having some trouble when trying to retrieve from firebase. Here is my firebase structure:
What I tried to do is firstly, I wanted to get list of receiptItemID in the first picture. Then, after I get the IDs, for each ID, I wanted to get its quantity and type. After that, I will store them into array and perform some sorting.
Here is my code:
var query = firebase.database().ref('');
query.once( 'value', data => {
data.forEach(subtypeSnapshot => {
var itemKey = subtypeSnapshot.key;
var query = firebase.database().ref('').child(itemKey);
});
});
});
I managed to get the itemKey. However, when I tried to get the details of each receiptItem by the console.log that part, it prints out undefined for both. Any ideas on how to retrieve the data?
You don't need the forEach cycle, it's one level too deep. Instead, use the 'data' argument directly. This new callback should work:
var itemDetail = data.val();
var subtype = itemDetail.type;
var quantity = itemDetail.quantity;
console.log(subtype + ' ' + quantity);
In the first iteration of the forEach of your sample code, itemDetail will be equal to "Farmland" instead of the whole object; thus, subtype and quantity are null. In the new callback, itemDetail will be equal to the whole object, so subtype and quantity can be successfully declared.
var query = firebase.database().ref('receiptItems').child(itemKey);
query.once( 'value', data => {
var itemDetail = data.val();
var subtype = data.type;
// you may try data.toJSON().type as well
var quantity = data.quantity;
// try data.toJSON().quantity
console.log(subtype + ' ' + quantity);
});
In second retrieval you already have access to receiptItems/itemKey .This is a particular entry in receiptItems , not the whole receiptItems array.
So no need to apply data.forEach() once more as there is only one record. We apply data.forEach() to fetch an array of records/object. In your case it is just one entry.
