I am developing an app with Swift. this is where I am creating the structure and sending data to database:

func addRecord(userID: String,
   recordDate: String?, recordTime: String?,
   mealCategoryTitle: String?, mealCategoryImage: String?,
   breakfastMealTitle: String?, breakfastMealImage: String?,
   lunchDinMealTitle: String?, lunchDinMealImage: String?,
   snackMealTitle: String?, snackMealImage: String?,
   treatMealTitle: String?, treatMealImage: String?,
   drinkTitle: String?, drinkImage: String?,
   foodNote: String?,
   placeTitle: String?, placeImage: String?,
   moodTitle: String?, moodImage: String?,
   reactionTitle: String?, reactionImage: String?,
   moodNote: String?) {
        
        ref?.child("Records").childByAutoId().setValue([
            "userID": userID,
            "date": recordDate!,
            "time": recordTime!,
            "mealCategory" : [  "itemTitle": mealCategoryTitle, "itemImage": mealCategoryImage  ],
            "breakfastMeal" : [ "itemTitle": breakfastMealTitle, "itemImage": breakfastMealImage ],
            "lunchDinnerMeal" : [ "itemTitle": lunchDinMealTitle, "itemImage": lunchDinMealImage ],
            "snackMeal" : [ "itemTitle": snackMealTitle, "itemImage": snackMealImage ],
            "treatMeal" : [ "itemTitle": treatMealTitle, "itemImage": treatMealImage ],
            "drink" : [ "itemTitle": drinkTitle,"itemImage": drinkImage ],
            "foodNote": foodNote ?? "nil" ,
            "place" : [ "itemTitle": placeTitle, "itemImage": placeImage ],
            "mood" : [ "itemTitle": moodTitle, "itemImage": moodImage ],
            "reaction" : [ "itemTitle": reactionTitle, "itemImage": reactionImage ],
            "moodNote": moodNote ?? "nil" ,])
        
        //later use this key to set Status node
//        ref?.child("Records").child(key).child(moodNote).setValue.( /// set the rest of values)
//
    }

When I am reading the data, I am only capable to access the first level, but need the MealCategoryTitle and Image for example.

func readRecords(reloadedTableView: UITableView ){
    ref?.child("Records").observe(.childAdded, with: { (snapshot) in
        if let rrecord = snapshot.value as? [String: Any] {
            let userID = rrecord["userID"] as? String ?? ""
            let date = rrecord["date"] as? String ?? ""
            let time = rrecord["time"] as? String ?? ""
            // problem
            let node: NSArray = snapshot.children.allObjects as NSArray
            let childNode = node.[0]
            let foodNote = rrecord["foodNote"] as? String ?? ""
            let moodNote = rrecord["moodNote"] as? String ?? ""
            let actualRecord = Record(userID: userID, date: date, time: time, mealCategory: ItemDetail(itemTitle: "problem", itemImage:nil), breakfastMeal: nil, lunchDinMeal: nil, snackMeal: nil, treatMeal: nil, drink: nil, foodNote: foodNote, place: nil, mood: nil, reaction: nil, moodNote: moodNote)
            self.records.append(actualRecord)
            print(actualRecord)
            print("This is snap:\(node)")
            print("This is child:\(childNode)")
            reloadedTableView.reloadData()

        }
    })
    { error in
      print(error.localizedDescription)
    }

CodePudding user response：

If you get the mealCategory out of the snapshot, that'll give you a dictionary from which you can then access the properties under that key.

So for example to get the itemTitle of the mealCategory, you'd do:

let mealCategoryTitle = rrecord["mealCategory"]["itemTitle"]

You shouldn't have to cast the type of that rrecord["mealCategory"] as far as I can tell, but if that is needed its type would be rrecord["mealCategory"] as? Dictionary<String, AnyObject> or rrecord["mealCategory"] as? [String:Any].