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Hanson
Hanson

Reputation: 5

Firebase Saving Object as Key to Database

router.post('/postChef', function(req, res, next) {
    var userid = req.body.userID;
    var mealid = req.body.mealID;
    db.ref("chefs/" + userid).child("Meals").set({
        mealid : true
    });
    res.send('respond with a resource');
});

In the code above, I'm not sure why mealid gets changed into a "mealid" in the firebase database. What I want is the string value of mealid given by the function. How can I do this? In the defined path, Meals is a child containing a JSON list of all the mealIDs set to true or false.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 359

Answers (1)

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 598847

Since you use the term "mealid" on the left-hand side of a property assigned, it is interpreted as a string and not as a variable.

To use the value of mealid as the name of the property, switch to "square bracket" notation:

router.post('/postChef', function(req, res, next) {
    var userid = req.body.userID;
    var mealid = req.body.mealID;
    var obj = {};
    obj[mealid] = true;
    db.ref("chefs/" + userid).child("Meals").set(obj);
    res.send('respond with a resource');
});

Upvotes: 1

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