databaseStructure.txt

/*
Below is a database structure that I think will fit our needs. Please let me know if this works for you.
I think we can do everything we set out to do at the beginning of our project with a structure like this.
In the example below, I use terms such as "recipeKey3." The keys I am referring to will be the ids of the
recipes returned back from the spoonacular api. They won't be nicely formatted and will look something
like: "4HDIJEj6weOSwQLtL3vom6Iemp33". The user keys will be the "uid" of users that have signed up in our application
You can get the uid of the current user in JavaScript like so: "firebase.auth().currentUser.uid"
*/

root{

	//@Annalisa: the popular recipes value is your thing so structure it however you want. However, I think it would be
	//cool to have a structure like this:

	popularRecipes : [recipeKey456, recipeKey123, recipeKey789, ... , recipeKey777]
						0-index			1-index		2-index					50-index

	//the first index corresponds to the recipe in recipes/ with the most 'aggregateLikesFromApi' and descends from there
	//whatever you plan to do, let Pat and I know so we're all on the same page.

	userRecipes{
		userKey1 { //corresponds to the uid of a user defined by firebase.auth()
			recipeKey1 : true //corresponds to the recipe key in recipes/

			recipeKey6 : true // I have specified the value of this child as 'true'. The value can be anything, as long as it's not null.

			recipeKey24 : true

		},

		userKey2 {

		},

		.
		.
		.

		userKeyN {

		},
	}

	recipes{
		recipeKey1 {

			//recipe information goes here. Can just be the object returned by the API call.
			//you'll have recipe information such as:
			aggregateLikes: Number,
			title: String,
			id: id (will be the same value as the recipe key),
			sourceUrl: url of the source recipe
			.
			.
			.			
		}

		recipeKey2 {

		},

		.
		.
		.

		recipeKeyN {

		},
	}

	usersInfo{
		userKey1 { //corresponds to the uid of a user defined by firebase.auth()
			state{
				length : number,
				directions : "html string containing ordered list of directions",
			},
		},

		userKey2 {

		},

		.
		.
		.

		userKeyN {

		},

	}

}