How to use for in loop and query data from firebase

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I have a query that gets all keys of users in my firebase database. Those keys er saved into an array. I would then like to loop through the array and inside the loop query for the users name. The problem is that it stops when the first name is loaded - the loop does not query through even though there are 1000 keys inside the array?

var i;

for (i = 0; i < emailArray.length; i++) { 
    userIDgotten = emailArray[i];

    console.log(userIDgotten);

    return firebase.database().ref('/users/' + userIDgotten).once('value').then(function(snapshotUser) {
        const name = snapshotUser.val().name;

        console.log("NAME: " + name);

        allTicketEmailsFromUsers = allTicketEmailsFromUsers + ", " + name;

        console.log(allTicketEmailsFromUsers);
    });
}

I get no errors but the loop just stops after the first name is retrieved.

Renaud Tarnec · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-31 10:34:47Z

2

The once() method is asynchronous and returns a Promise.

Since you want to execute several queries with once() in parallel, you need to use Promise.all() as follows:

var promises = [];
for (var i = 0; i < emailArray.length; i++) { 
   userIDgotten = emailArray[i];

   console.log(userIDgotten);

   promises.push(firebase.database().ref('/users/' + userIDgotten).once('value'));

}

Promise.all(promises)
.then(function(results) {
    var allTicketEmailsFromUsers = "";
    results.forEach(function(snapshotUser) {
        const name = snapshotUser.val().name;
        console.log("NAME: " + name);
        allTicketEmailsFromUsers = allTicketEmailsFromUsers + ", " + name;
    });
    console.log(allTicketEmailsFromUsers);
}

answered May 31, 2019 at 10:34

Renaud Tarnec

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marcoverbeek · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-31 10:20:24Z

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You are using a return in your loop, which stops the loop.
If you remove that return, it should work the way you expect it to work.

for (var i = 0; i < emailArray.length; i++) { 
    userIDgotten = emailArray[i];

    console.log(userIDgotten);

    firebase.database().ref('/users/' + userIDgotten).once('value').then(function(snapshotUser) {
        const name = snapshotUser.val().name;

        console.log("NAME: " + name);

        allTicketEmailsFromUsers = allTicketEmailsFromUsers + ", " + name;

        console.log(allTicketEmailsFromUsers);
    });
}

answered May 31, 2019 at 10:20

marcoverbeek

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