Move/Copy Firebase Object to Another Child Node

Question

I have a user object in firebase that I need to move to another child node on the same tree.

The structure is like so:

users -> male   -> uid -> ......KVPs..objects...etc
      -> female -> uid -> ......KVPs..objects...etc

I need to keep users separated by gender due to the nature of the app. If a user changes their gender I want to move all their details to that selected gender.

I tried using AngularFire (firebaseObject) but it throws errors when I tried to set it in firebase due to the keys present in the object. I tried striping out the keys, using JSON.stringify, angular.toJSON but am not having any luck!!

I'm wondering is there a cleaner or recommended way to do this? Appreciate If anyone has any pointers or can assist in anyway.

Many Thanks, Noel

Answer 1

This is actually pretty easy

    // firebase ref
    desc.ref1 = new Firebase(desc.userRef+'/'+desc.oldGender+'/'+uid);
    desc.ref2 = new Firebase(desc.userRef+'/'+desc.gender+'/'+uid);

    desc.ref1.on("value", function(snapshot) {
        console.log(snapshot.val());

        desc.ref2.set(snapshot.val());

    }, function (errorObject) {
        console.log("The read failed: " + errorObject.code);
    });