Flutter firebase database.set(object) issue

Question

I have a class Product and it is in List plist Now I need to call the firebase database.set(plist) this is working with Java but when I tried to do it with flutter dart it showing error anybody have the solution for this problem From StackOverflow, I understand use database.set('{"a":"apple"}) but when I am dealing with List I can't use this solution

update error message

error called Invalid argument: Instance of 'Product'

My code

  String table_name="order";
  FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser().then((u){
    if(u!=null){
      FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase(app: app);
      String push=database.reference().child(table_name).child(u.uid).push().key;

      database.reference().child(table_name).child(u.uid).child(push).set( (productList)).then((r){
        print("order set called");

      }).catchError((onError){
         print("order error called "+onError.toString());
      });
    }
  });
}

@Slick Slime, yes. Differently from the Java SDK, in flutter you have to do the "from/to" mapping. You can save List<int>, it will become an array in the database, but you have to use it carefully. — Feu
– Feu, Commented Mar 6, 2019 at 16:32

Aman Raj Srivastava · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-25 09:22:06Z

6

We cannot directly set object in Firebase. Unfortunately in Flutter there is no easy solution like java json. Data types that are allowed are String, boolean, int, double, Map, List. inside database.set().

We can have a look at the official documentation of Flutter https://pub.dev/documentation/firebase_database/latest/firebase_database/DatabaseReference/set.html

Try setting object like this

Future<bool> saveUserData(UserModel userModel) async {
await _database
    .reference()
    .child("Users")
    .child(userModel.username)
    .set(<String, Object>{
  "mobileNumber": userModel.mobileNumber,
  "userName": userModel.userName,
  "fullName": userModel.fullName,
}).then((onValue) {
  return true;
}).catchError((onError) {
  return false;
});

}

I hope this code will be helpful.

answered Mar 25, 2020 at 9:22

Aman Raj Srivastava

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Sergio Pardo · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-04 21:38:37Z

Extending a little bit an answer given as a comment above

You basically have to create an auxiliary map beforehand:

Map aux = new Map<String,dynamic>();

And then iterate through the array that you have adding the corresponding map for each child that you want to add:

 productList.forEach((product){
    //Here you can set the key of the map to whatever you like
    aux[product.id] = product.toMap();
 });

Just in case, the function toMap inside the Product class should be something like:

Map toMap() {
  Map toReturn = new Map();
  toReturn['id'] = id;
  toReturn['name'] = name;
  toReturn['description'] = description;
  return toReturn;
}

And then, when you are calling the set function to save to firebase you can do something like:

.set({'productList':aux,})

Hope this was helpful to someone.

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