json - Checking if Firebase snapshot is equal to nil in Swift

Question

I am trying to query Firebase to check if any user that has waiting: "1" and then when the snapshot is returned I want to see whether it is equal to nil. I have attempted to do this but the method I have used does not work and I only have some sort of out put if the snapshot is not equal to nil. I have added the code I currently have and the JSON text from Firebase.

import UIKit
import Firebase
import Spring

class GamesViewController: UIViewController {

let ref = Firebase(url: "https://123test123.firebaseio.com")
var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView = UIActivityIndicatorView()   

@IBAction func StartGamePressed(sender: AnyObject) {
    print("test1")
    var peopleWaiting: [String] = []

    let userRef = Firebase(url:"https://123test123.firebaseio.com/users")
    userRef.queryOrderedByChild("waiting").queryEqualToValue("1")
        .observeEventType(.ChildAdded, withBlock: { snapshot in
            print(snapshot.key)
            if snapshot.key == nil {
                print("test2")
                let userData = ["waiting": "1"]
                let usersRef = self.ref.childByAppendingPath("users")
                let hopperRef = usersRef.childByAppendingPath("(self.ref.authData.uid)")

                hopperRef.updateChildValues(userData, withCompletionBlock: {
                    (error:NSError?, ref:Firebase!) in
                    if (error != nil) {
                        print("Data could not be saved.")
                        self.displayAlert("Oops!", message: "We have been unable to get you into a game, check you have an internet conection. If this problem carries on contect support")
                    } else {
                        print("Data saved successfully!")
                        let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
                        let Home : UIViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("continueToGame")
                        self.presentViewController(Home, animated: true, completion: nil)

                    }

                })


            } else {
                var randomUID: String
                peopleWaiting.append(snapshot.key)
                let randomIndex = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(peopleWaiting.count)))
                randomUID = peopleWaiting[randomIndex]
                print(randomUID)
                let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
                let Home : UIViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("continueToGame")
                self.presentViewController(Home, animated: true, completion: nil)

            }
        })
}

func displayAlert(title: String, message: String){

    let formEmpty = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
    formEmpty.addAction((UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .Default, handler: { (action) -> Void in

    })))

    self.presentViewController(formEmpty, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

func activityIndicatorFunction(){

    activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 100))
    activityIndicator.backgroundColor = UIColor(red:0.16, green:0.17, blue:0.21, alpha:1)
    activityIndicator.layer.cornerRadius = 6
    activityIndicator.center = self.view.center
    activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
    activityIndicator.activityIndicatorViewStyle = UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.WhiteLarge
    view.addSubview(activityIndicator)
    activityIndicator.startAnimating()
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().beginIgnoringInteractionEvents()

}


}

JSON Data:

{
"68e42b7f-aea5-4c3f-b655-51a99cb05bb0" : {
  "email" : "test1@test1.com",
  "username" : "test1",
  "waiting" : "0"
},
"8503d5a8-fc4a-492b-9883-ec3664898b4f" : {
  "email" : "test2@test2.com",
  "username" : "test2",
  "waiting" : "0"
}
}

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