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function getParent(snapshot) {
// You can get the reference (A Firebase object) from a snapshot
// using .ref().
var ref = snapshot.ref();
// Now simply find the parent and return the name.
return ref.parent().name();
}
var testRef = new Firebase("https://example.firebaseIO-demo.com/foo/bar");
testRef.once("value", function(snapshot) {
// Should alert "Name of the parent: foo".
alert("Name of the parent: " + getParent(snapshot));
});
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