How to provide custom IDs during JSON import in Firebase Database? - firebase-realtime-database

Question

How can I set the ID of the record or doc in the Firebase Database when I use the JSON import functionality?
When I import the file it creates sequential IDs (0, 1, 2 etc), but I would like to specify an ID so its easier to retrieve the record.
Below is my sample JSON data:
[
{
"GameID": 2234567890,
"GameName": "Team 3 vs Team 2",
"GameLocation": "Rink 4 Hockey Town",
"TypeOfGame": "Tournament Round Robin",
"HomeTeam": {
"Name": "Team 1",
"ImageUrl": "My Image URL 1",
"Level": "16AAA",
"Country": "USA"
}
}, {
"GameID": 1234567890,
"GameName": "Team 1 vs Team 2",
"GameLocation": "Rink 1 Hockey Town",
"TypeOfGame": "Tournament Round Robin",
"HomeTeam": {
"Name": "Team 1",
"ImageUrl": "My Image URL 1",
"Level": "16AAA",
"Country": "USA"
}
}
]

Answer 1

There is no way in which you can import a JSON file and generate a custom Id in the same time. You are getting (0, 1, 2 etc) as Ids because there is no unique identifier between those objects and Firebase sees all those records as a list, and therefor provides those ids for you.
To achieve what you want, you need to add that data programmatically using the push() function provided by Firebase for each record. This method generates a unique id which easy to be used in the future.

Answer 2

[ {
"1234567890" : {
"GameID" : 1234567890,
"GameLocation" : "Rink 1 Hockey Town",
"GameName" : "Team 1 vs Team 2",
"HomeTeam" : {
"Country" : "USA",
"ImageUrl" : "My Image URL 1",
"Level" : "16AAA",
"Name" : "Team 1"
},
"TypeOfGame" : "Tournament Round Robin"
},
"2234567890" : {
"GameID" : 2234567890,
"GameLocation" : "Rink 4 Hockey Town",
"GameName" : "Team 3 vs Team 2",
"HomeTeam" : {
"Country" : "USA",
"ImageUrl" : "My Image URL 1",
"Level" : "16AAA",
"Name" : "Team 1"
},
"TypeOfGame" : "Tournament Round Robin"
}
} ]