Error while adding data in userID in Firebase Swif

Question

I am trying to add data by respective userIDs in Firebase by sign up the user, but it gives me error "unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an optional value" now I don't know what the matter is. But when I use code without adding userID in ref respectively the data is added successfully. but when I add userID following ref then got error.

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  let userID = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid


  ref.child("user_registration").child(userID!).setValue(["username": self.fullName.text, "email": self.emailTextField.text,"contact": self.numberText.text, "city": self.myCity.text, "state": self.countryText.text, "gender": genderGroup, "blood": bloodGroup])

Answer 1

Your user is not logged in => error in unwrapping. You need to have something like:

func application(_ application: UIApplication, 
                    didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
  // FireBase init part
  FIRApp.configure()
  FIRDatabase.database().persistenceEnabled = false

  self.storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: Bundle.main)

  // Setting initial viewController for user loggedIn?
  if(FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser != nil) {
     self.window?.rootViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "MainTabBarController")
  } else {
     self.window?.rootViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "LoginPage")
  }

  return true

}

in your AppDelegate. It will change your initial view controller to login page, If user is not logged in.

With this code you can force unwrapping.

Hope it helps

Answer 2

You need to understand the error. You are force unwrapping the userID which is not a good idea because the user may or may not be logged in when you calling this API. Below changes will resolve your issue.

 if let userID = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid {
     ref.child("user_registration").child(userID).setValue(["username": self.fullName.text, "email": self.emailTextField.text,"contact": self.numberText.text, "city": self.myCity.text, "state": self.countryText.text, "gender": genderGroup, "blood": bloodGroup]
 } else {
     // ask the user to login in
     // present your login view controller
 }