title: Problem to access data from a firebase project in a react application
body: <p>I am trying to get the data from a project I have in Firebase for a React application but the result of my request is an object that I can't interpret.</p>
  
  <p>The rules are set as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "rules": {
      ".read": true,
      ".write": true
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>javascript</p>
  
  <pre><code>import * as firebase from 'firebase';
  
  var config = {
    apiKey: "**************************",
    authDomain: "*******.firebaseapp.com",
    databaseURL: "https://********.firebaseio.com",
    projectId: "*********",
    storageBucket: "",
    messagingSenderId: "**********",
    appId: "*******************************"
  };
  
  firebase.initializeApp(config);
  var db = firebase.database();
  
  var flow = db.ref('FlowRate');
  var humdity = db.ref('Humidity');
  
  console.log(flow);
  console.log(humdity);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The console.log returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      orderByCalled_: false,
      path: Object { pieces_: (1) […], pieceNum_: 0 },
      queryParams_: Object { limitSet_: false, startSet_: false, startNameSet_: false, … },
      repo: Object { repoInfo_: {…}, dataUpdateCount: 0, nextWriteId_: 1, … },
      &lt;prototype&gt;: Object
  }
  </code></pre>