Swift iOS: Firebase Paging

Question

I have this Firebase data:

I want to query the posts data through pagination. Currently my code is converting this JS code to Swift code

Answer 1

Assuming that you are or will be using childByAutoId() when pushing data to Firebase, you can use queryOrderedByKey() to order your data chronologically. Doc here.

The unique key is based on a timestamp, so list items will automatically be ordered chronologically.

To start on a specific key, you will have to append your query with queryStartingAtValue(_:).

Sample usage:

var count = numberOfItemsPerPage

var query ref.queryOrderedByKey()

if startKey != nil {
  query = query.queryStartingAtValue(startKey)
  count += 1
}

query.queryLimitedToFirst(UInt(count)).observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
  guard var children = snapshot.children.allObjects as? [FIRDataSnapshot] else {
    // Handle error
    return
  }

  if startKey != nil && !children.isEmpty {
    children.removeFirst()
  }

  // Do something with children
})