/* This example shows how you can use your data structure as a basis for your Firebase security rules to implement role-based security. We store each user by their Twitter uid, and use the following simplistic approach for user roles: 0 - GUEST 10 - USER 20 - MODERATOR 99 - ADMINISTRATOR This file shows the data structure, and the security-rules file below shows the corresponding security rules. */ { "users": { "twitter:12345": { "full-name": "Sara Robinson", "username": "SRobTweets", "role-value": 10 }, "twitter:56789": { "full-name": "Michael 'Kato' Wulf", "username": "katowulf", "role-value": 20 } .... }, "rooms": { "public-room-1": { "users": { "twitter:56789": 20, "twitter:12345": 10 } }, "admin-only-room": { "users": { "twitter:56789": 20 } } ... }, "messages": { "public-room-1": { -JVwTPcWMIt0J6Gbtrqh: { "user": "twitter:12345", "text": "Hello everyone!" } ... }, "admin-only-room": { -JVwU5tLQRPbzXo4s_a1: { "user": "twitter:56789", "text": "This is a top secret message." } ... } } }