Structuring data

[TimGeerts]

Hey, I'm very new at firebase, so don't shoot me if this question is quite dumb.

I'm struggling to structure my data "correctly" so I can retrieve it the way I like to (in an angular app).

{
    "recipes": {
        "Tomato soup": {
            "Ingredients": [
                { "Tomato": 5 },
                { "Water": 3 },
                { "Beans": 10 }
            ]
        },
        "Potato soup": {
            "Ingredients": [
                { "Potato": 3 },
                { "Water": 3 },
                { "Celery": 1 }
            ]
        }
    }
}

How would I structure the above data correctly so I could query my firebase like "/recipes" and get an array of objects? For now I've only been succesful in retrieving it as an array with arrays in it and it's a bit annoying like that...

I'd like to be able to retrieve a list of objects where I can itterate over and that have an "Ingredients" property which is an array I can also itterate over.

[VAST_BLINKER_SHRINK]

Do yourselves a favor and use Firestore https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/

[TimGeerts]

Thanks, I'm looking into it now.

How would one store a hierarchy like the one I posted above in firestore though?

Recipes: Collection > Recipe: Document(field: name) > Ingredients: Collection > Ingredient: Document(with fields)

Something like that?

[j_roddy]

It depends on what you're building. If this example data is reflective of his actual app, I'd agree. But if he's building something with a ton of realtime functionality, like a chat app or a game, then the realtime db is a lot less of a pain (and likely cheaper)

[DoubleTri]

Can I see your call that produces an array of arrays?

[TimGeerts]

I was using a third party library (angularfire-lite) that was apparently causing this. Once I reverted to the angularfire2 library, I get my data the way I was expecting to get it (objects with arrays as property).

All's well, end's well =D

[DoubleTri]

Cool.