How to use pyrebase order_by_key correctly?

Question

I have a function which I'm trying to make return a list of ordered keys (which are in date format). I have

        data = database.child('users').child(num).child('details').get().val()

and then

        return render(request, "page2.html", {'list':(list(data.keys()))})

This works correctly but returns them in random order in terms of key values.

I've tried variations of something like:

        data = database.child('users').child(num).child('details').order_by_key().get().val()

or

        data = database.child('users').child(num).child('details').order_by_key().get()

but I'm obviously missing something.

Thanks

Answer 1

When you call .val() the data gets converted to a dictionary (or the equivalent Python structure) and any information about the order is lost.

To maintain the order, you must process the results in order by using Pyrebase's each function.