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Monorepo for the Firebase JavaScript SDK

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## Database.ref() method

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
ref(path?: string | Reference): Reference;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  path | string \| [Reference](./database.reference.md) |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

[Reference](./database.reference.md)