How to get values inside nested keys in Firebase on Swift - ios

Question

I'm trying to get values inside two nested keys in Firebase.
:
I need to put all the value of name inside an array. Here is my code where I'm accessing just the node "user". I was thinking that I could use "queryOrderedByKey" one after another, but in that case xCode crashes and says something like multiple quires aren't allowed.
Database.database().reference().child("user").queryOrderedByKey().observe(.childAdded) { (snapshot) in
if snapshot.value != nil {
let result = snapshot.value as! [String : AnyObject]
if let name = result["name"] as? String {
self.myArray.append(name)
}
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
self.tableView.reloadData()
})
}
}
And this is what I'm getting when printing the result.

Answer 1

Here is the answer
Database.database().reference().child("user").observe(.childAdded) { (snapshot) in
if let dictinoary = snapshot.value as? [String: Any] {
if let myFinalStep = dictinoary["GeneralInformation"] as? [String: Any] {
print(myFinalStep["name"])
}
}
}

Answer 2

Tigran's answer is very good but here's an alternative. This code iterates over each child node within 'user' node and looks into a deep path to get the name. Note this leaves a childAdded observer to the user node so if any additional nodes are added, this will fire again.
let usersRef = self.ref.child("user")
usersRef.observe(.childAdded, with: { snapshot in
if let name = snapshot.childSnapshot(forPath: "GeneralInformation")
.childSnapshot(forPath: "name").value as? String {
print(name)
}
})
If you want to read the names in once and not leave an observer, here's an alternative
let usersRef = self.ref.child("user")
usersRef.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { snapshot in
for child in snapshot.children {
let snap = child as! DataSnapshot
if let name = snap.childSnapshot(forPath: "GeneralInformation")
.childSnapshot(forPath: "name").value as? String {
print(name)
}
}
})
I was feeling Swifty so here's a third variant if you don't want to leave an observer. Note that if the node containing the name does not exist, the resulting array will contain "No Name" at that index.
let usersRef = self.ref.child("uses")
usersRef.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { snapshot in
let myUsers = snapshot.children.allObjects.map { $0 as! DataSnapshot }
let names = myUsers.map { $0.childSnapshot(forPath: "GeneralInformation")
.childSnapshot(forPath: "name")
.value as? String ?? "No Name" }
print(names)
})