How can I retrieve data with queryEqualToValue in auto id child. Firebase-iOS

Question

As my question. I can't retrieve data from firebase when I try to use "queryEqualToValue" with auto id key.

self.ref.child(..my child..).queryOrderByChild("name").queryEqualToValue("my name")

auto child id above child "name".

Edit: for my json tree

• Students
  • (auto id)
    • name
      • first name
      • nick name

My real data doesn't like this but this's for example structure. I really want to check equal to "first name".

Here's my code

let ref = FIRDatabase.database().reference()
ref.child("Students").queryOrderedByChild("name").queryEqualToValue("Jason bourne").observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in 
   print("value : " + snapshot.value)
}

Answer 1

Given your realtime database looks something like this:

{
    "students": {
        1: {
            "name": {
                "first_name": "Nathapong",
                "nick_name": "Oniikal3"
            }
        }
    }
}

You can observe the students path with the event type ChildAdded and order the query by child key name/first_name. Then you can use queryEqualToValue to find students with a particular first name.

let ref = FIRDatabase.database().referenceWithPath('students').queryOrderByChild("name/first_name").queryEqualToValue("Nathapong")

ref.observeSingleEventOfType(.ChildAdded, block: { snapshot in
    print(snapshot)
})