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cnsvnc
cnsvnc

Reputation: 724

How can I randomly get same data on Firebase?

I have user table and this code.

getOnline code and connected button

var onlineStatus = firebase.database().ref("users/" + firebase.auth().currentUser.uid + "/online");
onlineStatus.set(1);

and

var dbUser = firebase.database();
var refUser = dbUser.ref("users");


refUser.orderByChild("online").equalTo(1).on("value", function(Data){
    console.log(Data.val(), Data.key);
});

I can already see online=1 users, but I want to randomly get 1 user who has the online = 1.

How can I do this?

Update

I want to build randomly chat. people will match according to the criteria. like Tinder App. Think about it, there is a page and button. When the user presses the button, it will match any online user. and chatting.

firebase users;

users
     VIkvYAtLHxNqAwd722oKenriM7PJz2
        email: "[email protected]"
        online: 1 
        profile_picture:"https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net" 
        username: "John Snow"

     DIkvYAtLHxNqAwd722oKenriM7PJz2
        email: "[email protected]"
        online: 1 
        profile_picture:"https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net" 
        username: "Jane Snow"

Upvotes: 11

Views: 976

Answers (1)

Rosário P. Fernandes
Rosário P. Fernandes

Reputation: 11344

You can use the Math.random() function to get a random number (let's call it n) and then get the nth user online:

refUser.orderByChild("online").equalTo(1).on("value", function(Data){
    console.log(Data.val(), Data.key);
    var totalOnline = Data.numChildren(); //get number of online users
    var randomNr = Math.random() * totalOnline;
    var userIndex = parseInt(randomNr, 10); //parse the random number from double to integer
    var currentIndex = 0;
    Data.forEach(function(snap){
        if(currentIndex==userIndex){
            var randomUser = snap.val();
            //Do something with your random user
            break;
        }
        currentIndex++;
    });
});

Also note that if you have a huge app with thousands of users, you might want to limit the query to 50 users to improve the app's performance:

refUser.orderByChild("online").equalTo(1).limitToFirst(50)

Update: To exclude your own user you can check if the random user is you. And if it is, go to the next one:

        if(currentIndex>=userIndex && snap.key != firebase.auth().currentUser.uid){
            var randomUser = snap.val();
            //Do something with your random user
            break;
        }

Update 2: I've discovered that you can't use break on forEach loop. So you can solve that using the solution provided here (use a BreakException):

refUser.orderByChild("online").equalTo(1).on("value", function(Data){
    console.log(Data.val(), Data.key);
    var totalOnline = Data.numChildren(); //get number of online users
    var randomNr = Math.random() * totalOnline;
    var userIndex = parseInt(randomNr, 10); //parse the random number from double to integer
    var currentIndex = 0;
    var BreakException = {};
    try
    {
        Data.forEach(function(snap){
            if(currentIndex==userIndex){
                var randomUser = snap.val();
                //Do something with your random user
                throw BreakException;
            }
            currentIndex++;
        });
    }
    catch(e){
        if(e!== BreakException) throw e;
    }
});

Upvotes: 7

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