I don't understand your question so I will write a code in order to retrieve the data from realtime database and to save it in an array.
You said "Each image is saved with a timestamp", so I assume you want to retrieve an array of data containing images(imageURL, etc) right?
we create a structure based on your database
struct dataStructure {
var Description:String?
var imageURL:String?
var Portfolio:String?
var createdAt:String?
var Instagram:String?
var profileImageUrl:String?
var Twitter:String?
var Username:String?
}
// now we create an array of this struct
var arrayOfData = [dataStructure]()
func downloadFromFirebase(completion:@escaping (Bool ,Error?)-> Void) {
ref.child("ImageDetails/").observeSingleEvent(of: .value) { snapshot in
guard let value = snapshot.value as? [[String:Any]] else { return }
// we add each element of value in the arrayOfData
for element in value {
guard let name = value["username"] as! String,
let Description = value["Description"] as! String,
let imageURL = value["imageURL"] as! String,
let Portfolio = value["Portfolio"] as! String,
let creationDate = value["createdAt"] as! String,
let Instagram = value["Instagram"] as! String,
let profileImageUrl = value["profileImageUrl"] as! String,
let Twitter = value["Twitter"] as! String ,
let Username = value["Username"] as! String else {
completion(false)
return
}
arrayOfData.append(dataStructure(name: name,
Description: Description,
imageURL: imageURL,
Portfolio: Portfolio ,
creationDate:creationDate ,
Instagram: Instagram,
profileImageUrl: profileImageUrl,
Twitter: Twitter))
}
completion(true)
}
}
at the end you will have an array with all your data
here is the code if you want to take the data from this function in your completion
func downloadFromFirebase(completion:@escaping (Result<dataStructure, Error>) {
ref.child("ImageDetails/").observeSingleEvent(of: .value) { snapshot in
guard let value = snapshot.value as? [[String:Any]] else { return }
// we add each element of value in the arrayOfData
for element in value {
guard let name = value["username"] as! String,
let Description = value["Description"] as! String,
let imageURL = value["imageURL"] as! String,
let Portfolio = value["Portfolio"] as! String,
let creationDate = value["createdAt"] as! String,
let Instagram = value["Instagram"] as! String,
let profileImageUrl = value["profileImageUrl"] as! String,
let Twitter = value["Twitter"] as! String ,
let Username = value["Username"] as! String else {
completion(.failure(error)
return
}
arrayOfData.append(dataStructure(name: name,
Description: Description,
imageURL: imageURL,
Portfolio: Portfolio ,
creationDate:creationDate ,
Instagram: Instagram,
profileImageUrl: profileImageUrl,
Twitter: Twitter))
}
/* we provide the array with the new data in the completion at the
end of the loop */
completion(.success(arrayOfData))
}
}