database - ref doesn't work

[AttilaBerczik]

Hi,
I can't read or write into my database, so I was trying to figure out the problem.

When I run console.log(database().ref("/users/123"));
I get "null/users/123"

But when I try this with firestore console.log(firestore().doc("users/" + userId));
I get a long message {"_documentPath": {"_parts": ["users", "Gz7eG1y7qWX6Q9gijSPDlcLcZop1"]}, ...

When I run console.log(database());
I get a long message {"_app": {"_automaticDataCollectionEnabled": true, "_deleteApp": [Function bound deleteApp], ...

From this I assume that my firebase setup is correct, there should be a problem with the ref function.

Could you guys help?

I use "@react-native-firebase/app": "^12.0.0", "@react-native-firebase/database": "^12.0.0", "@react-native-firebase/firestore": "^12.0.0", "react-native": "0.63.4",

[mikehardy]

I would start by looking at how we use the APIs in the documentation and in the E2E tests, e.g.:

https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/tree/master/packages/database/e2e/reference (and everything around there).

[mikehardy]

(or since you seem to be mixing "database" and "firestore" (two totally separate modules and storage systems) maybe the firestore e2e tests, or maybe just use one of them, but use it correctly per the API documentation?)

[AttilaBerczik]

Could you point me towards a basic example project in which the Realtime Database is used?
Huge thank you for your help! 🙏

[mikehardy]

Sure, it's our tests project with e2e tests using the database in every way possible, link as above or https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/blob/master/tests/README.md