Firebase Auth On The Server With Node.JS / Express

[Ian Cervantez]

I'm getting the following error:

TypeError: _firebase2.default.auth(...).signInWithEmailAndPassword is not a function

I checked the `firebase.auth()` object and saw only two functions:

• createCustomToken
  
• verifyIdToken
  

So I am guessing that when I did an npm install for the Firebase SDK, it gave me a limited version "optimized for servers".  Thing is, I want to have the full functionality.  I thought the SDK was the same for the client and the server - how do I get access to the missing functions?

[Jacob Wenger]

This has already been discussed on many threads in this Google Group. See this answer from me for the latest.

Cheers,

Jacob

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[PBK101]

Jacob,

I looked at the post and to me it seems only to cover te use of service accounts.

But if I want to authenticate using a given email and password how do that from the server side ? 

The scenario we have is that we support both a username and an email as an identifier ffor the account so we cannot obtain the token client side.

PBK

[Jacob Wenger]

Hey PBK,

If you initialize the Node.js SDK with an API key instead of a service account, you can use the normal client-side auth methods like authWithEmailAndPassword(). All of the methods documented here should work for you in Node.js

Cheers,

Jacob

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