# Get Data from Firebase

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** firebase\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474 "2021-01-31T08:28:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vaishnavi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@vaishnavi1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vaishnavi1)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/1 "2021-01-31T08:28:10Z")

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I want get the names of patients from the patients folder. How can I do it?

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/2 "2021-01-31T08:57:25Z")

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Do something like this

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/b/8b19c53bcf3ed2432d3be66c1984308bef6f4ed8.png)

I’m assigning the list of names to a `Viewer List` which you can then view in your screen

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**Author:** ![vaishnavi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@vaishnavi1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vaishnavi1)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/3 "2021-02-01T12:42:07Z")

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It s not working

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**Author:** ![vaishnavi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@vaishnavi1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vaishnavi1)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/4 "2021-02-01T12:43:54Z")

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I am now saving like this.

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/5 "2021-02-01T13:35:21Z")

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Yes, it shouldn’t work because in the previous example `Patients` was the top level but now it’s not. You need to write in the cloud variable the full path from the top level key so start by 116U3T…/Patients

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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, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-data-from-firebase/1076474/6 "2024-11-08T13:29:40Z")

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