# Connecting cloud variables to firebase

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 24, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/connecting-cloud-variables-to-firebase/61866 "2018-12-24T02:08:03Z")\
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You can use cloud variables to refer to firebase paths. You don’t need a separate component to do this.

> [@Replace GET or SAVE Blocks with cloud variables](https://community.thunkable.com/t/replace-get-or-save-blocks-with-cloud-variables/975738):
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> I just discovered a VERY simple and fast way to get and set Firebase data without using the GET or SAVE blocks (which has all sorts of asynchronous issues). The 2 any button click blocks below return the same data. Just put the GET block KEY variable into the CLOUD variable name and PRESTO. You have a synchronous call to firebase! Similarly, you can set data anywhere in the JSON Hierarchy using cloud variables. Both of the examples below update Firebase, but the CLOUD based solution…

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