Question regarding firebase rules

Question

I had a firebase code in sololearn which votes for some things (for examples programming languages). But I had to make it private because some users manually write the program and submit results with spamming and bad words.

Therefore I tried to solve that problem using configuring the firebase rules. Most of the rules are working but I want to know if the value submitted is an array.

For example
reference.update(["java","c"]) //valid
reference.update(true) //invalid

Many examples in google are not working

Answer 1

Seniru Pasan
Look here regarding saving arrays

https://firebase.googleblog.com/2014/04/best-practices-arrays-in-firebase.html?m=1

Now, are you trying to determine using the rules if the value is an array?

if so, maybe this will help
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45292073/validate-if-the-newdata-is-an-array-with-firebase-database-rules

Answer 2

Yeah, I was looking at the same post as Burey 😅
Here an implementation:
https://code.sololearn.com/WlYlti3Ejg3v/?ref=app

Answer 3

Have you reported the spamming and foul language to moderators/sololearn? You can block/report rogue users on this platform.

Answer 4

Seniru Pasan
So what is your intention? It might help if you share the code

Answer 5

Burey Coder Martin Madhav can u help?

Answer 6

Martin I have tried newData.child(0).exists() before. But it won't work as intended

Answer 7

Code is here
https://code.sololearn.com/WLrWDQWTIHhd/?ref=app
I have to turn on the computer to get the rules.

Answer 8

Coder i want to check the updated value is an array using firebase rules. More info in top.

Answer 9

Coder lol it was in that blog post

Answer 10

Sonic then most of the users will be blocked 😆. The best thing is to configure rules. So no extra work for mods . And also there is no way of finding the username of a user in my app