# How to read data from firebase?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [October 28, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952 "2023-10-28T05:06:44Z")
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### Author:  [@zhen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zhen)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/1 "2023-10-28T05:06:44Z")
Hi thunkable community!
How can I read the values in ‘Thumb’ list which is also under another list?
If the values in “Thumb” list do not have numeric keys, can I still read the last 5 values? I want to get the list of values under “Thumb” which may be either 0 or 1. I am not interested in the long string of serial numbers.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/2 "2023-10-28T05:12:58Z")
One thing you can do is to export your Firebase database as JSON. And then paste it into [Best JSON Viewer and JSON Beautifier Online](https://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer). There, you can click on a value like “Thumb” or a serial # to see the path to that property.
My JSON tutorial explains how to parse the JSON once you’ve done that: [API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575)
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### Author:  [@zhen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zhen)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/3 "2023-10-28T05:46:20Z")
Thank you for your fast response!
I have to read the firebase values in real-time, as new values are always getting updated every few seconds, where I need to get the last 5 values of each list (for example, Thumb)…
Do you know how I can get the last 5 values using Thunkable blocks only? And without putting the names ((the serial numbers) of the property into the blocks, as the serial numbers will change over time?
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/4 "2023-10-28T06:27:36Z")
If you export the JSON from Firebase and paste it here (be sure to format it with the \ button in the forums toolbar), I can help with your question. It’s going to be something like the “Thumb[1]” property of the JSON object but again, without the actual JSON text it’s hard for me to be specific here.
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/5 "2023-10-28T09:56:48Z")
Get the thumb bucket object
Get the keys in the object
Iterate over the keys within the object
Extract the relevant value and throw into a new variable
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### Author:  [@zhen](https://community.thunkable.com/u/zhen)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/6 "2023-10-30T13:32:52Z")
thank you SO much for your response! I watched the video you sent as well as used the json formatter, they were very useful. After a couple hours of trial and error, I am able to get the data in Thunkable!
I am really grateful for all the help you gave even for all the other questions that I had posted!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-data-from-firebase/2667952/7 "2024-01-28T13:33:47Z")
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