.get() method returns a list instead of a dict in Realtime Database

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Operating System version: windows 11
• Firebase SDK version: 6.1.0
• Firebase Product: Realtime Database
• Python version: 3.9
• Pip version: pip 23.0.1

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

If you set a key in Realtime Database with a value like this: {"1": "value1", "2": "value2"} and use .get() to retrieve the value, you will receive a list [None, "value1", "value2"] instead of a dict. In addition, it seems that if you use keys that are either too far apart as integers or if you put 0 before a number, you won't get a list.

Relevant Code:

data.ref.child("key").set({"1": "Hello", "2": "World!"})
print(data.ref.child("key").get())

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