# Firebase/cloud variable question **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-cloud-variable-question/1040000 "2020-12-18T22:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
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Check out this topic. > [@Replace GET or SAVE Blocks with cloud variables](http://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-hack-deep-firebase-json-data-manipulation-without-using-get-or-save-blocks/975738): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-cloud-variable-question/1040000)._