Swift & Firebase | Check for a username

Question

I am trying to allow users to run games and keep track of other users by looking for their username. I need to make sure that a user with that username exists. I used the following code, but although ifcalled is elsenot called when it should.

let checkWaitingRef = Firebase(url:"https://test.firebaseio.com/users")
checkWaitingRef.queryOrderedByChild("username").queryEqualToValue("\(username!)")
            .observeEventType(.ChildAdded, withBlock: { snapshot in

    if snapshot.value.valueForKey("username")! as! String == username! {

    } else {

    }

JSON Data Tree

{
    "097ca4a4-563f-4867ghj0-6209288bd7f02" : {
        "email" : "[e-mail]",
        "uid" : "097ca4a4-563f-4867ghj0-6209288bd7f02",
        "username" : "test1",
        "waiting" : "0"
    },
    "55a8f979-ad0d-438u989u69-aa4a-45adb16175e7" : {
        "email" : "[e-mail]",
        "uid" : "55a8f979-ad0d-438u989u69-aa4a-45adb16175e7",
        "username" : "test2",
        "waiting" : "0"
    }
}

Answer 1

Easy to fix:

Do not use .childAdded, as the block will not be executed when the request finds nothing.

Use .Value instead and check for NSNull

    let checkWaitingRef = Firebase(url:"https://test.firebaseio.com/users")
    checkWaitingRef.queryOrderedByChild("username").queryEqualToValue("\(username!)")
                .observeEventType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in

            if ( snapshot.value is NSNull ) {
                print("not found)")

            } else {
                print(snapshot.value)
            }
     })