Get data from Firebase and display in TableViewCell as post - swift

Question

I don't know how to get data from Firebase to my UITableView. All tutorials I have been watching used Firebase Authentication, in their videos all worked out fine but while trying to replicate it, I failed.
Here is what I tried:
First there is my Database struct:
And here is my code:
func observePosts(){
let postsRef = Database.database().reference().child("posts")
postsRef.observe(.value, with: { snapshot in
var tempPosts = [Post]()
for child in snapshot.children {
if let childSnapshot = child as? DataSnapshot,
let dict = childSnapshot.value as? [String:Any],
let text = dict["text":""] as? String
{
let post = Post(text: text)
tempPosts.append(post)
}
}
self.posts = tempPosts
self.tableView.reloadData()
})
}
So my question is: How do I get for example the message from a database structure like this?

Answer 1

let text = dict["text":""] as? String {
let post = Post(text: text)
tempPosts.append(post) }
This is wrong. There is nothing like dict["text":""] . First you dont have any data for text keyword , Second you dont write this :""] , you can call as dict["text"].
I think you solution is let text = dict["title"] as? String . But you architecture is wrong. You can declare just one keyword . title 1 , title 2 is wrong. You have to set just title.

Answer 2

If you have followed YouTube tutorials, there's a high chance you did not modify your firebase rules to reflect on non-authenticated users. If you didn't, Firebase ignores every read/write request. To enable this, Edit your firebase rules by:
Set the rules to TRUE
{
"rules": {
".read": true,
".write": true
}
}
However, there's more to it. Don't do it this way unless you're in test mode. Google has some nice docs about it:
Visit https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/security to learn more about security rules.