How to use snapshotChanges() method to get both ke

Question

I'm working on an Angular Firebase Project, where I need to filter my database as well get the key values. Currently I'm using valueChanges() method in my service code (inside getUnreadBooks and getFavoriteBooks methods, as shown below) to get the data and filter it. But it gives me key value as 'undefined', when I try to get key value inside my template file. I tried to go with snapshotChanges() method, but can't work around how to use it to get key values along with filtering the data . Below are my Angular FirebaseService, home.component.ts (in which I am injecting my service code) and home.component.html (template file) Code respectively:

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { AngularFireDatabase } from 'angularfire2/database';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

@Injectable()
export class FirebaseService {

  books: Observable<any[]>;
  unreadBooks;
  favoriteBooks;

  constructor(private db: AngularFireDatabase) {}

  getBooks(){
        this.books = this.db.list('/books').valueChanges() as Observable<any[]>;
        return this.books;
    }       

  getFavoriteBooks(){
    this.favoriteBooks = this.db.list('/books').valueChanges() as Observable<any[]>;
    this.favoriteBooks = this.favoriteBooks.map(books => {
        const topRatedBooks = books.filter(item =>  item.rate>4);
        return topRatedBooks;
    })
    return this.favoriteBooks;
  }

  getUnreadBooks(){
    this.unreadBooks = this.db.list('/books').valueChanges() as Observable<any[]>;
    this.unreadBooks = this.unreadBooks.map(books => {
        const ub = books.filter(item => item.dateread == null);
        return ub;
    })
    return this.unreadBooks;
  }
}

Home.Component.ts file =>

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FirebaseService } from '../../services/firebase.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-home',
  templateUrl: './home.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./home.component.css']
})
export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {

  //favorite Books
  favoriteBooks: any;
  unreadBooks: any;

  constructor(private firebaseService: FirebaseService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.firebaseService.getFavoriteBooks()
        .subscribe(favBooks => {
            this.favoriteBooks = favBooks;
            console.log(this.favoriteBooks);
        })
    this.firebaseService.getUnreadBooks()
        .subscribe(ubBooks => {
            this.unreadBooks = ubBooks;
            console.log('Unread Books:', this.unreadBooks);
        })
  }

}

Home.component.html file =>

<mat-toolbar>
    My Top Rated Books
</mat-toolbar>
<mat-grid-list cols="3">
    <mat-grid-tile *ngFor="let book of favoriteBooks">
        <mat-card>
            <mat-card-header>
                <mat-card-title>
                    <h4>{{book.title}}</h4>
                </mat-card-title>
            </mat-card-header>
            <img mat-card-image src="{{book.imageUrl}}" alt="{{book.title}}">
            <mat-card-actions>
                <button mat-button mat-raised-button class="detailsButton" [routerLink]="['/book/'+book.$key]">
                    <i class="material-icons">visibility</i>Book Details</button>
                <button mat-button mat-raised-button class="editButton" [routerLink]="['/editbook/'+book.$key]">
                    <i class="material-icons">mode_edit</i>Edit Book</button>
            </mat-card-actions>
        </mat-card>     
    </mat-grid-tile>
</mat-grid-list>

<mat-toolbar>
    Books I have not read yet
</mat-toolbar>
<mat-grid-list cols="3">
    <mat-grid-tile *ngFor="let book of unreadBooks">
        <mat-card>
            <mat-card-header>
                <mat-card-title>
                    <h4>{{book.title}}</h4>
                </mat-card-title>
            </mat-card-header>
            <img mat-card-image src="{{book.imageUrl}}" alt="{{book.title}}">
            <mat-card-actions>
                <button mat-button mat-raised-button class="detailsButton" [routerLink]="['/book/'+book.$key]">
                    <i class="material-icons">visibility</i>Book Details</button>
                <button mat-button mat-raised-button class="editButton" [routerLink]="['/editbook/'+book.$key]">
                    <i class="material-icons">mode_edit</i>Edit Book</button>
            </mat-card-actions>
        </mat-card>     
    </mat-grid-tile>
</mat-grid-list>

Answer 1

In my case I solved it by importing rxjs operator map, combined by .pipe

import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';

Example:

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
import { AngularFirestore } from 'angularfire2/firestore';
import { IdeaService } from './app.service';

import { config } from './app.config';
import { Idea } from './app.model';
import {
  AngularFirestoreDocument,
  AngularFirestoreCollection
} from 'angularfire2/firestore';

@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
    <ul>
        <li *ngFor="let idea of ideas | async">
            <pre>{{ idea | json }}</pre>
        </li>
    </ul>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
  public ideasCollection: AngularFirestoreCollection<Idea>;
  public ideas: Observable<any[]>;

  constructor(db: AngularFirestore, private ideaService: IdeaService) {
    this.ideasCollection = db.collection<Idea>(config.collection_endpoint);
    this.ideas = this.ideasCollection.snapshotChanges().pipe(
        map(actions => {
          return actions.map(a => {
            const data = a.payload.doc.data() as Idea;
            const id = a.payload.doc.id;
            return { id, ...data };
          });
        }));
    }
}

Answer 2

You need to import the rxjs operator map import { map } from 'rxjs/operators'; // in rxjs 6 version

Answer 3

I imported this import { map } from 'rxjs/operators' and this solved my problem

Answer 4

this.data.list('/expenseCategories').snapshotChanges().forEach(snapshot=> {
      snapshot.forEach(keys => {
        TransactionService.expenseCategories.push(keys.payload.key);
      })
    });

Answer 5

Declare a function to add id to your Object :

documentToDomainObject = _ => {
    const object = _.payload.doc.data();
    object.id = _.payload.doc.id;
    return object;
}

And use it in your getBooks method :

getBooks(){
  this.books = this.db.list('/books').snapshotChanges()
  .pipe(map(actions => actions.map(this.documentToDomainObject)));

  return this.books;
}