[Home](./index.md) > [@firebase/database](./database.md) > [DataSnapshot](./database.datasnapshot.md) > [priority](./database.datasnapshot.priority.md) ## DataSnapshot.priority property Gets the priority value of the data in this `DataSnapshot`. Applications need not use priority but can order collections by ordinary properties (see [Sorting and filtering data](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/web/lists-of-data#sorting_and_filtering_data) ). Signature: ```typescript get priority(): string | number | null; ```