Swift & Firebase | Checking if a user exists with a username - swift

Question

I am trying to allow users to start games with and follow other users by searching their username. I need to be able to make sure that a user with that username exists. I was using the following code but although the if is called the else does not get called when it should.
let checkWaitingRef = Firebase(url:"https://test.firebaseio.com/users")
checkWaitingRef.queryOrderedByChild("username").queryEqualToValue("\(username!)")
.observeEventType(.ChildAdded, withBlock: { snapshot in
if snapshot.value.valueForKey("username")! as! String == username! {
} else {
}
JSON data tree
{
"097ca4a4-563f-4867ghj0-6209288bd7f02" : {
"email" : "test1#tes1.com",
"uid" : "097ca4a4-563f-4867ghj0-6209288bd7f02",
"username" : "test1",
"waiting" : "0"
},
"55a8f979-ad0d-438u989u69-aa4a-45adb16175e7" : {
"email" : "test2#test2.com",
"uid" : "55a8f979-ad0d-438u989u69-aa4a-45adb16175e7",
"username" : "test2",
"waiting" : "0"
}
}

Answer 1

Easy fix:
Don't use .childAdded as the block will not execute when the query doesn't find anything.
Instead use .Value and check for NSNull
let checkWaitingRef = Firebase(url:"https://test.firebaseio.com/users")
checkWaitingRef.queryOrderedByChild("username").queryEqualToValue("\(username!)")
.observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
if ( snapshot.value is NSNull ) {
print("not found)")
} else {
print(snapshot.value)
}
})