How to access nested JSON with array in firebase - json

Question

I want to access a JSON of this structure in firebase
The structure
{
"questions":{
"English":{
"English_2002":[
{
"correct_ans":"A",
"OptionA":"a coder",
"OptionB":"a hacker",
"OptionC":"a writer",
"OptionD":"a programmer",
"Question":"Who build software"
},
{},
{}
],
"English_2003":[],
}
}
}
I want this structure. In the subject structure, other subjects will come after I exhaust 9 years of English.
My confusion is how to logically get each subject since firebase will only accept the root name questions.
Please I may sound dumb, but I have a very long questions thread almost 55000 lines. Because firebase accept one JSON tree.
Sorry i wasn't very clear i was asking from the stack phone app:
I have a question json tag of the structure above; my question is how will i be able to access the object subject like "english":{
// then accessing the first english array "english":[]
//since am now using firebase.
}
initially each array was individual json file, i have to recreate them into one for firebase sake. this is how i was parsing it then.
public class QuestionParser {
Context context;
public QuestionParser(Context c) {
this.context = c;
}
public ArrayList<Question> getJsonFromUrl(String url, String arrayName)
{
ArrayList<Question> arrayofQuestion = new ArrayList<>();
return arrayofQuestion;
}
// Processing question from JSon file in res > raw folder
public ArrayList<Question> parseQuestionJson(int rawJsonFileId, String arrayName) {
ArrayList<Question> questionList = new ArrayList<>();
String jsonstr = null;
try {
InputStream in = context.getResources().openRawResource(rawJsonFileId);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = null;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + "\n");
}
jsonstr = sb.toString();
Log.d("REEEEADDD" + this.toString(), jsonstr);
//System.out.println(jsonstr);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Buffer Error", "Error converting result " + e.toString());
}
// If the JSON string is empty or null, then return early.
if (TextUtils.isEmpty(jsonstr)) {
return null;
}
try {
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonstr);
JSONArray jsonArray = jsonObject.getJSONArray(arrayName);
JSONObject jobject;
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
// TEST
jobject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
String ans = jobject.getString("correct_answer");
String graphic_name = jobject.getString("question_image");
String optionA = jobject.getString("optiona");
String optionB = jobject.getString("optionb");
String optionC = jobject.getString("optionc");
String optionD = jobject.getString("optiond");
String questionNo = jobject.getString("question_number");
String question = jobject.getString("question");
questionList.add(new Question(questionNo, graphic_name, question, optionA, optionB, optionC, optionD, ans));
Log.d("DDD" + this.toString(), String.valueOf(questionList.get(i)));
}
Log.i("ONE QUESTION", questionList.get(50).getQuestion());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("JSON Parser", "Error parsing data " + e.toString());
}
return questionList;
}
}
So how can i parse it from firebase because initially, if a student chooses question and year i passes those value as parameter and use them for parsing. but in firebase now i have access to only root firebase name in the get reference e method

Answer 1

To access for example "correct_ans":"A" you would query your firebase like so:
your.firebase.domain/questions/English/English_2002/0/correct_ans
Notice that each level in the json object is represented by a / and the key you want to access whereas in case of an array you simple add the array index. JSON's simple structure also allows simple REST like access