# Firebase key and value

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-key-and-value/75130
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** firebase, beginner
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-key-and-value/75130 "2019-04-22T22:36:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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#### Post date: [April 22, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-key-and-value/75130/1 "2019-04-22T22:36:04Z")

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What is the difference between “key” and “value” for firebase blocks?

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### Author: ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-key-and-value/75130/2 "2019-04-23T00:35:11Z")

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Key is the “directory”

Value is the data.

So key is

/uid1/name/

Value is

Jim

* * *

Or

/uid/marks/history/

value is

85

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/firebase-key-and-value/75130/3 "2024-11-08T12:13:56Z")

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