Get data from Firebase

Question

I am trying to get data from Firebase, I have tried like this:

FIREBASE_REF.childByAppendingPath("tasks").observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { (snapshot) -> Void in
            print(snapshot.value)
            self.tasks = [Task]()
            var task = Task()
            let data = snapshot.value as! NSDictionary
            let tasksFromServer = data.allValues as! [NSDictionary]
            for taskFromServer in tasksFromServer {
                task.description = taskFromServer.objectForKey("description") as! String
                task.startTime = taskFromServer.objectForKey("startTime") as! String
                task.endTime = taskFromServer.objectForKey("endTime") as! String
                task.progress = taskFromServer.objectForKey("progress") as! Int
                let priorityTemp = taskFromServer.objectForKey("priority") as! Int
                switch priorityTemp {
                case 0: task.priority = .Low
                case 1: task.priority = .Medium
                case 2: task.priority = .High
                default: break
                }
                task.assignee = taskFromServer.objectForKey("assignee") as! String
                self.tasks.append(task)
            }
            MBProgressHUD.hideAllHUDsForView(self.view, animated: true)
            self.tableView.reloadData()
        }

but it shows error in this line:

let data = snapshot.value as! NSDictionary

It says: Could not cast value of type '__NSArrayM' (0x10ebfc8d8) to 'NSDictionary' (0x10ebfcd60).

My data from Firebase like this:

But in other side, I use another code in another ViewController to get users name and role from Firebase, it works.

FIREBASE_REF.childByAppendingPath("users").observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { (snapshot) -> Void in
            self.names = []
            self.roles = []
            let data = snapshot.value as! NSDictionary
            let employees = data.allValues as! [NSDictionary]
            for employee in employees {
                let name = (employee.objectForKey("firstName") as! String) + " " + (employee.objectForKey("lastName") as! String)
                self.names.append(name)
                let role = employee.objectForKey("position") as! String
                self.roles.append(role)
            }
            MBProgressHUD.hideAllHUDsForView(self.view, animated: true)
            self.collectionView.reloadData()
        }) 

But why the first code always crash.

Any helps would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Firebase transforms your dictionary object to an array if more than 50% of keys are between 0 and maximum key (exactly your case with one zero element).

https://www.firebase.com/docs/ios/guide/understanding-data.html#section-arrays-in-firebase