Swift Firebase - Convert database snapshot into an array - swift

Question

I have a groups reference in firebase that looks like this:
I'm having trouble converting the list of members into an array of strings in my app.
I'm fetching the data like so:
//Reference to each group
let ref = Database.database().reference().child("groups").child(snapshot.key)
//Get the group data from the reference
ref.observeSingleEvent(of: .value, with: { (groupSnap) in
//Cast data as dictionary [String:Any]
if let dictionary = groupSnap.value as? [String: Any] {
//Parse each group object
if let group = Group.parse(snapshot.key, dictionary) {
groups.insert(group, at: 0)
}
//Escape with group array
complete(groups)
}
})
And currently parsing the data without the members:
static func parse(_ key: String, _ data: [String:Any]) -> Group? {
let name = data["name"] as! String
let category = data["category"] as! String
let owner = data["owner"] as! String
return Group(id: key, name: name, category: Group.Category(rawValue: category)!, ownerId: owner, members: nil)
}
How would I turn the members list into an array of strings for my group object?

Answer 1

// example data
let data = [
// "name": ...
// "category": ...
// "owner": ...
"members": [
"member1": true,
"member2": false,
"member3": true,
"member4": true
]
]
// grabbing the members element like you do in your parse function
let members = data["members"] as! [String: Bool]
let membersAsListOfStrings = Array(members.keys)
print(membersAsListOfStrings) // -> ["member4", "member1", "member3", "member2"]
let filteredMembersAsListOfStrings = Array(members.filter { $0.value }.keys)
print(filteredMembersAsListOfStrings) // -> ["member4", "member3", "member1"]
You're looking for the .keys attribute. I believe all dictionaries in Swift have this. This code ran for me fine in a playground.