Create a node named a user's uid in firebase database from a textfield that displays their name

Question

I am sending information to my firebase database via textfields. I would like to make one of the nodes Users and then under that node different nodes separated by a user's uid. Under each UID node there would be three datapoint from textfields that are filled out from three textfields on the custom cell. I want to be able to type the user's name in the name text field and have it send their respective UID. I currently have the following code creating this:

@IBAction func sendButtonTapped(_ sender: Any) {
    
    let companyNameC = companyNameTextFieldConsiderations.text!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
    let companyDescriptionC = companyDescriptionTextFieldConsiderations.text!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
    
      let today = Date()
            let formatter1 = DateFormatter()
            formatter1.dateFormat = "MMM d y"
            print(formatter1.string(from: today))
            let todaysDate = formatter1.string(from: today)
            
            let storageRef = Storage.storage().reference(forURL: "I have my code here")
            let imageName = companyNameTextFieldConsiderations.text!
            let storageCompanyRef = storageRef.child("Company_Image_Considerations").child("\(todaysDate)").child(imageName)
            let companyDescriptionTextFieldText = companyDescriptionTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let dateToStart = startDateTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let dateToDecide = endDateTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let companyRef = Database.database().reference().child("Considerations").child("\(todaysDate)").child(imageName)
    let considerationInfluencerRef = Database.database().reference().child("Considerations").child("\(todaysDate)").child(imageName).child("Users")
            let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: AddPersonCell) as! ConsiderationsCell
            let nameTFC = cell.nameTextFieldConsiderations.text!
            let feedTFC = cell.feedTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let storyTFC = cell.storyTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let compensationTFC = cell.compensationTextFieldConsiderations.text
            let values = ["Name": nameTFC]
    
            guard let imageSelected = self.CompanyImage.image else {
                               print ("Avatar is nil")
                               return
                           }
                   
                               var dict: Dictionary<String, Any> = [
                                  "Company Image": "",
                                   "Company Description": companyDescriptionTextFieldText!,
                                   "Start Date": dateToStart,
                                   "Decision Date": dateToDecide
                              ]
    
                   
                           guard let imageData = imageSelected.jpegData(compressionQuality: 0.5) else {
                               return
                           }
    
                           let metadata = StorageMetadata()
                           metadata.contentType = "image/jpeg"
                           storageCompanyRef.putData(imageData, metadata: metadata, completion:
                               { (StorageMetadata, error) in
                                   if (error != nil) {
                                       return
                                   }
                                
                                   storageCompanyRef.downloadURL { (url, error) in
                                       if let metadateImage = url?.absoluteString {
                                           dict["Company Image"] = metadateImage
                   
                                           companyRef.updateChildValues(dict, withCompletionBlock:  {
                                               (error, ref) in
                                               if error == nil {
                                                   print("Done")
                                                   return
                                              }
                   
                                               }
                   
                                           )
                                       }
                                   }
                   
                                   storageRef.updateMetadata(metadata) { metadata, error in
                                       if error != nil {
                                        //Uh-oh, an error occurred!
                                     } else {
                                       // Updated metadata for 'images/forest.jpg' is returned
                                     }
                                   }
                           })

    considerationInfluencerRef.updateChildValues(values as [AnyHashable : Any]) { (error, ref) in
    if error != nil {
        print(error ?? "")
        return
    }
    
                                self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
                   
                           }
}

I want it to look like this:

Edit:

Here is an image of the dynamic prototype cell:

You're saying is to use the name textfield to name an object in an array. That object has it's own array that would consist of the two textfields with # and the textfield with $?

EDIT 2:

import UIKit

class ConsiderationCellModel: NSObject {
var feedNumberQauntity: String?
var storyNumberQuantity: String?
var compensationAmmount: String?

}

Answer 1

This became a multi-part question. To address the followup question which is

'How to I create a class, populate an array with that class, update an element within that array and write it to firebase.

Here's the answer with comments.

class ConsiderationCellModel: NSObject {
    var uid = "" //this will be used when reading in to keep track of which user it is
    var name = "" //not sure what 'name' is but here ya go
    var feedNumberQuantity = ""
    var storyNumberQuantity = ""
    var compensationAmount = ""
    
    func getDict() -> [String: String] {
        let dict = [
            "Compensation": compensationAmount,
            "NumberOfFeedPosts": feedNumberQuantity,
            "NumberOfStoryPosts": storyNumberQuantity
        ]
        return dict
    }
}

var myArray = [ConsiderationCellModel]()

//suppose thre are 3 models, and user adds a new model, so it will be #4, which 
//   is index 3 in the array (0, 1, 2, 3)
let model = ConsiderationCellModel()
myArray.append(model)

//reload the tableView which will now display this empty model. User enters some 
//   data, update the model at index 3 from the entered data
model.name = "some name"
model.feedNumberQuantity = "10"
model.storyNumberQuantity = "20"
model.compensationAmount = "1.00"

//at some point later the user clicks Save, so get the current index
//  retrieve the data from the model and store in Firebase.

let index = 3 //if there are 4 objects in the array and this is the one just added
              //you can also get the .last element in the array
let modelData = myArray[index]
let dictToSave = modelData.getDict()

let usersRef = self.ref.child("users_test")
let childRef = usersRef.child("uid_0")
childRef.setValue(dictToSave)

and the result structure is

users
   uid_0 //a users uid
      Compensation: "1.00"
      NumberOfFeedPosts: "10"
      NumberOfStoryPosts: "20"

Answer 2

Well, if you look at the structure you want

root
   Considerations
      Jul 16 2020
         COMPANY
            Company Description: ...
         users
            some_user_uid
               Compensation

you're code doesn't do that.

While it writes out your company info correctly

companyRef.updateChildValues(dict

which is the COMPANY name, Company Description etc

it kinda goes off the rails here

let considerationInfluencerRef = Database.database().reference()
                                                    .child("Considerations")
                                                    .child("\(todaysDate)")
                                                    .child(imageName)
                                                    .child("Users")

Because that points to a totally different node

root
   Considerations
      todaysDate 
         imageName <- ??
            Users

---

Edit

The biggest issue here is that you're attempting to read data from the cells in the tableView - those cells are dynamic, will be dellocated etc.

You should be storing your data in a dataSource, typically an array. As the user inputs info into your tablevIew cells, that should in turn update the array. So for example Say you have a tableView that displays recipes. There would be an array that holds the recipe and the ingredients as a list

class RecipeClass {
   var name = ""
   var ingredients = [String]()
}

var recipeArray = [RecipeClass]()

The tableView would have section headers, which are the RecipeClass name and then the rows would be the ingredients.

Say the recipe calls for 1 cup sugar as the first ingredient. So in the tableview the user clicks that field (field 0 of recipe 0 which correlates to row 0 of section 0) and changed it to 3/4 cup - at that point the object in the array should be updated.

Later on, when the user taps Save, whatever recipe index (section) is currently being display would be read from the dataSource array and then written to Firebase.

Any time a user taps Add Row, you add another object to the array within the recipe that's being displayed and refresh the row/cell of the tableView to reflect that new object

recipe.ingredients.add("") //"" is a placeholder or use "New Ingredient"

I am not an ASCII art guy but your UI would look like this, the ingredients would probably be a scrollable tableView so if they had 20 ingredients they could scroll through them

Shepards Pie            Save Button
   3 Potato
   1 Carrot
   9 Peas
   1Cup Gravy

If they wanted to change 3 Potato to 2 Potato, they would tap the 3 Potato field (cell if its a tableView), type in 2 Potato and that would then update the dataSource array.

Answer 3

I solved one of my problems. I needed to change the line of code:

let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: AddPersonCell) as! ConsiderationsCell

I needed to use cellForRow

let index = IndexPath(row:0,section:0)
guard let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at:index) as? ConsiderationsCell else { print("Not shown") ; return }

This only solved one of my problems. Now I need to make it work for multiple rows.