# Where is the Realtime\_DB component and/or how do I specify API key, etc. for cloud variables **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** firebase, realtimedb\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412 "2020-12-04T05:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/1 "2020-12-04T05:23:36Z")
I’m finally getting around to working with Firebase but I no longer see the Realtime\_DB component in Design tab or Blocks tab. If I use a cloud variable, how do I specify my own API key? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/2 "2020-12-04T05:57:05Z")
You can specify API key in the project settings ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/3 "2020-12-04T06:00:32Z")
Thank you. I’m not sure I would have figured that out. It’s conspicuously absent from the documentation, at least as far I could tell. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/4 "2020-12-04T06:02:05Z")
Placed there to confuse the enemy, I guess. Although it was there in the first place. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/5 "2020-12-04T06:04:47Z")
Since you’re online… my Firebase config doesn’t list a database url. Do you know where I set that up or find it? I created a web app and added a database: ![Screen Shot 2020-12-03 at 10.05.55 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/0/a0f6a20e3874859733a909698abebf28b88df1c6.png) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/6 "2020-12-04T06:11:47Z")
Found it! Not obvious but it was there. ---
**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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-realtime-db-component-and-or-how-do-i-specify-api-key-etc-for-cloud-variables/1019412/7 "2024-11-08T12:20:02Z")