Add the Firebase key to array items

[jwngr]

Currently, there is no way to get the Firebase key (aka push ID) for items bound via bindAsArray(). We should adopt a solution like AngularFire's $toJSON() method which handles both arrays of objects and arrays of primitives. In the case of objects, we do something very similar to what you have done. In the case of a primitive, we set the array items as objects with $value (i.e. the primitive value) and $id (the Firebase key).

[jwngr]

Initial attempt: #35

[matias-sandell]

Yes please! Any progress on this?

[jwngr]

Haven't had time to code this up yet. There were some attempts from the community (#35 and #40) but neither fully solved the problem. Still on my todo list.

[mrienstra]

Stating the obvious here, but since this didn't immediately occur to me, perhaps it will be helpful to others:

You can use the bindAsObject method in place of bindAsArray.

Related: the limitations of treating Firebase objects as arrays.

PS: If you were using Array.prototype.map to turn your Firebase arrays into arrays of React elements, a lazy way to instead map objects is to use lodash's mapValues.

[AndrewBestbier]

This was done in #40

[jwngr]

Yup, this got merged in. I'll get a 0.2.0 release out with all the new goodies in the next day or two.