Using $set() to add a User object to /users in Firebase - firebase

Question

I'm currently trying to add new users to Firebase via the AngularFire $set() method. I'm creating new users via the $createUser method from AngularFire. My code looks like this:
$scope.createUser = function() {
$scope.auth.$createUser('dolly#gmail.com', 'password').then(function(user, err) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: ' + err);
} else {
sync.$set('users', user);
}
});
}
This is a creating new user and placing the new user object inside of users:{..}, however, it is also adding an additional user child object thats just duplicate data -- this is what the code is adding to Firebase:
{
"users": {
"email": "dolly#gmail.com",
"id": "11",
"isTemporaryPassword": false,
"md5_hash": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"provider": "password",
"sessionKey": "xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0MDc5NDQ2NDYsInYiOjAsImQiOnsicHJvdmlkZXIiOiJwYXNzd29yZCIsImlkIjoiMTEiLCJ1aWQiOiJzaW1wbGVsb2dpbjoxMSIsImVtYWlsIjoiZG9sbHlAZ21haWwuY29tIiwibWQ1X2hhc2giOiIzsdrggfeedsaadrfcDc0ZDRhMTU5NTk2NzI1NzFmMDk2ZTZlNyIsImlzVGVtcG9yYXJ5UGFzc3dvcmQiOmZhbHNlLCJzZXNzaW9uS2V5IjoiM2MwMDNjODkxMDEzOWE5MjhlZTZjNWI1NjU5ZTRiZjMifSwiaWF0IjoxNDA3ODU4MjQ2fQ.p7-9GDtaNpBn1ICTLIUSwlPytaUGi-jyBgcO-LKHUys",
"uid": "simplelogin:11",
"user": {
"email": "dolly#gmail.com",
"id": "11",
"isTemporaryPassword": false,
"md5_hash": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"provider": "dfrggrssxxxxxxx",
"sessionKey": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"uid": "simplelogin:11"
}
}
I ideally want my users object to look like the example in firebase, except with each user key to be whatever is inside user.uid
users: {
user1: {
name: "Alice"
},
user2: {
name: "Bob"
}
}
Where each new user will be added to the users: {...} key without the duplicate user child tacked on?

Answer 1

If you create a reference to users/ and then call $set on that path, then whatever data you include will replace anything at that path. This is AngularFire 101. You should begin by reading at least that section if not the entire guide.
Choose the path you want to set data at when creating your sync object.
var ref = new Firebase('.../users/'+user.uid);
var sync = $firebase(ref);
sync.$set({ email: user.email, provider: user.provider });
Or, better yet, just set it on the reference since you aren't utilizing this for client-side bindings.
var ref = new Firebase('.../users/'+user.uid);
ref.set({ email: user.email, provider: user.provider });
Creating profiles is explained in the Firebase docs and covered in the AngularFire-Seed repo's createProfile service, nearly verbatim to your example.