# How to read the data path ( key ) from firebase? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382 "2019-12-31T16:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/1 "2019-12-31T16:57:21Z")
Hi, I added a ’ Listeners ’ to firebase and i wanna figure out what is the path when data change in firebase , what i did is adding : Path/State to listener , the problem is : when reading the ’ key ’ it would be like that : State so how to identify the whole path ? thanks in advance . ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/2 "2020-01-01T08:45:36Z")
Hi, > so how to identify the whole path ? There is no such possibility. To determine the path, you must create a listener on the end node and map the path to it. ---
**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/3 "2020-01-01T10:05:34Z")
I still can’t get it ,what if I have 2 Different paths having different names but having the same contents ? Product1/State Product2/State And added the the two State as listeners What exactly should I do when firebase data changed ? Thanks a lot for your support . ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/4 "2020-01-01T12:52:26Z")
When the listener is triggered, you need to write the path of this listener to the variable. There is another way - to create 1 listener, but when it works, you will need to loop through all children nodes and determine the one in which the data has changed. ---
**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/5 "2020-01-02T19:30:31Z")
Thanks a lot, I solved the problem by making an additional listener named it with the path name so when data changed it tells me who exactly changed to check . ---
**Author:** ![dns.prado.s3vy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/dns.prado.s3vy/32/57577_2.png) [@dns.prado.s3vy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dns.prado.s3vy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/6 "2020-01-22T00:13:18Z")
Hi David, I have the opposite problem. I have put the listener to listen to tag1/tag2, but when data changes, the ‘key’ variable gives me tag1 and not tag2. Could you please upload some pictures of your blocks after you corrected it? Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![dns.prado.s3vy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/dns.prado.s3vy/32/57577_2.png) [@dns.prado.s3vy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dns.prado.s3vy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/7 "2020-01-22T00:41:43Z")
Hi again. I Actually solved it. Of course it was just a lack of attention of mine 😅. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/8 "2020-01-23T20:28:48Z")
Actually it’s the same problem ! I solved it by making an additional listener & child naming the wanted ’ Tag ’ then of it’s data changed i get that listener data changed . So, how did you solve yours ? ---
**Author:** ![dns.prado.s3vy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/dns.prado.s3vy/32/57577_2.png) [@dns.prado.s3vy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dns.prado.s3vy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/9 "2020-01-24T00:02:27Z")
In my case, in the listening block I had put tag1/(other variable). This other variable wasn’t a path in Firebase hehehehe ---
**Author:** ![davidsobhysabetb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@davidsobhysabetb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/davidsobhysabetb)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/10 "2020-01-24T20:12:01Z")
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**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, 11:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-read-the-data-path-key-from-firebase/387382/11 "2024-11-08T11:45:52Z")