FirebaseUI is an open-source JavaScript library for Web that provides simple, customizable UI bindings on top of Firebase SDKs to eliminate boilerplate code and promote best practices.
FirebaseUI Auth provides a drop-in auth solution that handles the UI flows for signing in users with email addresses and passwords, and Identity Provider Sign In using Google, Facebook and others. It is built on top of Firebase Auth.
The FirebaseUI component implements best practices for authentication on mobile devices and websites, helping to sign-in and sign-up conversion for your app. It also handles cases like account recovery and account linking that can be security sensitive and error-prone to handle.
FirebaseUI Auth clients are also available for iOS and Android.
FirebaseUI fully supports all recent browsers. Signing in with federated providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Github) is also supported in Cordova/Ionic environments. Additional non-browser environments (React Native...) or Chrome extensions will be added once the underlying Firebase core SDK supports them in a way that is compatible with FirebaseUI.
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Accessible here: https://fir-ui-demo-84a6c.firebaseapp.com.
You just need to include the following script and CSS file in the <head> tag
of your page, below the initialization snippet from the Firebase Console:
<script src="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.css" />Localized versions of the widget are available through the CDN. To use a localized widget, load the localized JS library instead of the default library:
<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/ui/3.4.1/firebase-ui-auth__{LANGUAGE_CODE}.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/ui/3.4.1/firebase-ui-auth.css" />where {LANGUAGE_CODE} is replaced by the code of the language you want. For example, the French
version of the library is available at
https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/ui/3.4.1/firebase-ui-auth__fr.js. The list of available
languages and their respective language codes can be found at LANGUAGES.md.
Right-to-left languages also require the right-to-left version of the stylesheet, available at
https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/ui/3.4.1/firebase-ui-auth-rtl.css, instead of the default
stylesheet. The supported right-to-left languages are Arabic (ar), Farsi (fa), and Hebrew (iw).
Install FirebaseUI and its dependencies via npm using the following command:
$ npm install firebaseui --saveYou can then require the following modules within your source files:
var firebase = require('firebase');
var firebaseui = require('firebaseui');
// or for ES6 imports.
import * as firebaseui from 'firebaseui'Or include the required files in your HTML, if your HTTP Server serves the files
within node_modules/:
<script src="node_modules/firebaseui/dist/firebaseui.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/firebaseui/dist/firebaseui.css" />Install FirebaseUI and its dependencies via Bower using the following command:
$ bower install firebaseui --saveYou can then include the required files in your HTML, if your HTTP Server serves
the files within bower_components/:
<script src="bower_components/firebaseui/dist/firebaseui.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/firebaseui/dist/firebaseui.css" />FirebaseUI includes the following flows:
- Interaction with Identity Providers such as Google and Facebook
- Phone number based authentication
- Sign-up and sign-in with email accounts
- Password reset
- Prevention of account duplication (activated when "One account per email address" setting is enabled in the Firebase console. This setting is enabled by default.)
- Account Chooser for remembering emails
- Integration with one-tap sign-up
- Ability to upgrade anonymous users through sign-in/sign-up.
- Sign-in as a guest
To use FirebaseUI to authenticate users you first need to configure each provider you want to use in their own developer app settings. Please read the Before you begin section of Firebase Authentication at the following links:
You first need to initialize your
Firebase app. The
firebase.auth.Auth instance should be passed to the constructor of
firebaseui.auth.AuthUI. You can then call the start method with the CSS
selector that determines where to create the widget, and a configuration object.
The following example shows how to set up a sign-in screen with all supported providers. Please refer to the demo application in the examples folder for a more in-depth example, showcasing a Single Page Application mode.
Firebase and FirebaseUI do not work when executed directly from a file (i.e. opening the file in your browser, not through a web server). Always run
firebase serve(or your preferred local server) to test your app locally.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sample FirebaseUI App</title>
<!-- *******************************************************************************************
* TODO(DEVELOPER): Paste the initialization snippet from:
* Firebase Console > Overview > Add Firebase to your web app. *
***************************************************************************************** -->
<script src="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
// FirebaseUI config.
var uiConfig = {
signInSuccessUrl: '<url-to-redirect-to-on-success>',
signInOptions: [
// Leave the lines as is for the providers you want to offer your users.
firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.GithubAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebaseui.auth.AnonymousAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID
],
// tosUrl and privacyPolicyUrl accept either url string or a callback
// function.
// Terms of service url/callback.
tosUrl: '<your-tos-url>',
// Privacy policy url/callback.
privacyPolicyUrl: function() {
window.location.assign('<your-privacy-policy-url>');
}
};
// Initialize the FirebaseUI Widget using Firebase.
var ui = new firebaseui.auth.AuthUI(firebase.auth());
// The start method will wait until the DOM is loaded.
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', uiConfig);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- The surrounding HTML is left untouched by FirebaseUI.
Your app may use that space for branding, controls and other customizations.-->
<h1>Welcome to My Awesome App</h1>
<div id="firebaseui-auth-container"></div>
</body>
</html>This is only relevant for single page apps or apps where the sign-in UI is rendered conditionally (e.g. button click)
When redirecting back from accountchooser.com or Identity Providers like Google
and Facebook, start() method needs to be called to finish the sign-in flow.
If it requires a user interaction to start the initial sign-in process, you need to
check if there is a pending redirect operation going on on page load to check whether start()
needs to be called.
To check if there is a pending redirect operation to complete a sign-in attempt,
check isPendingRedirect() before deciding whether to render FirebaseUI
via start().
if (ui.isPendingRedirect()) {
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', uiConfig);
}Here is how you would track the Auth state across all your pages:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sample FirebaseUI App</title>
<!-- *******************************************************************************************
* TODO(DEVELOPER): Paste the initialization snippet from:
* Firebase Console > Overview > Add Firebase to your web app. *
***************************************************************************************** -->
<script type="text/javascript">
initApp = function() {
firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function(user) {
if (user) {
// User is signed in.
var displayName = user.displayName;
var email = user.email;
var emailVerified = user.emailVerified;
var photoURL = user.photoURL;
var uid = user.uid;
var phoneNumber = user.phoneNumber;
var providerData = user.providerData;
user.getIdToken().then(function(accessToken) {
document.getElementById('sign-in-status').textContent = 'Signed in';
document.getElementById('sign-in').textContent = 'Sign out';
document.getElementById('account-details').textContent = JSON.stringify({
displayName: displayName,
email: email,
emailVerified: emailVerified,
phoneNumber: phoneNumber,
photoURL: photoURL,
uid: uid,
accessToken: accessToken,
providerData: providerData
}, null, ' ');
});
} else {
// User is signed out.
document.getElementById('sign-in-status').textContent = 'Signed out';
document.getElementById('sign-in').textContent = 'Sign in';
document.getElementById('account-details').textContent = 'null';
}
}, function(error) {
console.log(error);
});
};
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
initApp()
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to My Awesome App</h1>
<div id="sign-in-status"></div>
<div id="sign-in"></div>
<div id="account-details"></div>
</body>
</html>FirebaseUI supports the following configuration parameters.
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| autoUpgradeAnonymousUsers | No |
Whether to automatically upgrade existing anonymous users on sign-in/sign-up.
See Upgrading anonymous users.
Default: false
When set to true, signInFailure callback is
required to be provided to handle merge conflicts.
|
| callbacks | No |
An object of developers callbacks after
specific events.
Default: {}
|
| credentialHelper | No |
The Credential Helper to use.
See Credential Helper.
Default: firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.ACCOUNT_CHOOSER_COM
|
| queryParameterForSignInSuccessUrl | No |
The redirect URL parameter name for the sign-in success URL. See
Overwriting the sign-in success URL.
Default: "signInSuccessUrl"
|
| queryParameterForWidgetMode | No |
The redirect URL parameter name for the “mode” of the Widget.
See FirebaseUI widget modes.
Default: "mode"
|
| signInFlow | No |
The sign-in flow to use for IDP providers: redirect or
popup.
Default: "redirect"
|
| signInOptions | Yes | The list of providers enabled for signing into your app. The order you specify them will be the order they are displayed on the sign-in provider selection screen. |
| signInSuccessUrl | No |
The URL where to redirect the user after a successful sign-in.
Required when the signInSuccessWithAuthResult
callback is not used or when it returns true.
|
| tosUrl | Yes | The URL of the Terms of Service page or a callback function to be invoked when Terms of Service link is clicked. |
| privacyPolicyUrl | Yes | The URL of the Privacy Policy page or a callback function to be invoked when Privacy Policy link is clicked. |
The role of a credential helper is to help your users sign into your website. When one is enabled, your users will be prompted with email addresses and usernames they have saved from your app or other applications. FirebaseUI supports the following credential helpers:
When accountchooser.com is enabled (enabled by default), upon signing in or signing up with email, the user will be redirected to the accountchooser.com website and will be able to select one of their saved accounts. You can disable it by specifying the value below. This feature is always disabled for non HTTP/HTTPS environments.
One-tap sign-up provides seamless authentication flows to your users with Google's one tap sign-up and automatic sign-in APIs. With one tap sign-up, users are prompted to create an account with a dialog that's inline with FirebaseUI NASCAR screen. With just one tap, they get a secure, token-based, passwordless account with your service, protected by their Google Account. As the process is frictionless, users are much more likely to register. Returning users are signed in automatically, even when they switch devices or platforms, or after their session expires. One-tap sign-up integrates with FirebaseUI and if you request Google OAuth scopes, you will still get back the expected Google OAuth access token even if the user goes through the one-tap flow. However, in that case 'redirect' flow is always used even when 'popup' is specified. In addition, if you choose to force prompt for Google sign-in, one-tap auto sign-in will be automatically disabled. One-tap is an additive feature and is only supported in the latest evergreen modern browser environments. For more information on how to configure one-tap sign-up, refer to the one-tap get started guide.
The following example shows how to configure one-tap sign-up with FirebaseUI.
Along with the corresponding one-tap credentialHelper, clientId and
authMethod have to be provided with the Firebase Google provider:
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
signInOptions: [
{
// Google provider must be enabled in Firebase Console to support one-tap
// sign-up.
provider: firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
// Required to enable this provider in one-tap sign-up.
authMethod: 'https://accounts.google.com',
// Required to enable ID token credentials for this provider.
// This can be obtained from the Credentials page of the Google APIs
// console.
clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com'
},
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.GithubAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
],
// Required to enable one-tap sign-up credential helper.
credentialHelper: firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.GOOGLE_YOLO
});
// Auto sign-in for returning users is enabled by default except when prompt is
// not 'none' in the Google provider custom parameters. To manually disable:
ui.disableAutoSignIn();Auto sign-in for returning users can be disabled by calling
ui.disableAutoSignIn(). This may be needed if the FirebaseUI sign-in page is
being rendered after the user signs out.
To see FirebaseUI in action with one-tap sign-up, check out the FirebaseUI demo app.
| Credential Helper | Value |
|---|---|
| accountchooser.com | firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.ACCOUNT_CHOOSER_COM |
| One-tap sign-up | firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.GOOGLE_YOLO |
| None (disable) | firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.NONE |
| Provider | Value |
|---|---|
firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
| Github | firebase.auth.GithubAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
| Email and password | firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
| Phone number | firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
| Anonymous | firebaseui.auth.AnonymousAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
To specify custom scopes, or custom OAuth parameters per provider, you can pass an object instead of just the provider value:
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
signInOptions: [
{
provider: firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
scopes: [
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login'
],
customParameters: {
// Forces account selection even when one account
// is available.
prompt: 'select_account'
}
},
{
provider: firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
scopes: [
'public_profile',
'email',
'user_likes',
'user_friends'
],
customParameters: {
// Forces password re-entry.
auth_type: 'reauthenticate'
}
},
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID, // Twitter does not support scopes.
firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID // Other providers don't need to be given as object.
]
});The EmailAuthProvider can be configured to require the user to enter a display name (defaults to true).
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
signInOptions: [
{
provider: firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
requireDisplayName: false
}
]
});The PhoneAuthProvider can be configured with custom reCAPTCHA parameters
whether reCAPTCHA is visible or invisible (defaults to normal). Refer to the
reCAPTCHA API docs for
more details.
The default country to select in the phone number input can also be set. List of supported country codes. If unspecified, the phone number input will default to the United States (+1).
The countries to select can also be configured with blacklistedCountries or
whitelistedCountries. It accepts either ISO (alpha-2) or E164 (prefix with '+')
formatted country code. Invalid country code will be ignored.
whitelistedCountries and blacklistedCountries cannot be specified at the same time.
The following options are currently supported. Any other parameters will be ignored.
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
signInOptions: [
{
provider: firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
recaptchaParameters: {
type: 'image', // 'audio'
size: 'normal', // 'invisible' or 'compact'
badge: 'bottomleft' //' bottomright' or 'inline' applies to invisible.
},
defaultCountry: 'GB', // Set default country to the United Kingdom (+44).
// For prefilling the national number, set defaultNationNumber.
// This will only be observed if only phone Auth provider is used since
// for multiple providers, the NASCAR screen will always render first
// with a 'sign in with phone number' button.
defaultNationalNumber: '1234567890',
// You can also pass the full phone number string instead of the
// 'defaultCountry' and 'defaultNationalNumber'. However, in this case,
// the first country ID that matches the country code will be used to
// populate the country selector. So for countries that share the same
// country code, the selected country may not be the expected one.
// In that case, pass the 'defaultCountry' instead to ensure the exact
// country is selected. The 'defaultCountry' and 'defaultNationaNumber'
// will always have higher priority than 'loginHint' which will be ignored
// in their favor. In this case, the default country will be 'GB' even
// though 'loginHint' specified the country code as '+1'.
loginHint: '+11234567890',
// You can provide a 'whitelistedCountries' or 'blacklistedCountries' for
// countries to select. It takes an array of either ISO (alpha-2) or
// E164 (prefix with '+') formatted country codes. If 'defaultCountry' is
// not whitelisted or is blacklisted, the default country will be set to the
// first country available (alphabetical order). Notice that
// 'whitelistedCountries' and 'blacklistedCountries' cannot be specified
// at the same time.
whitelistedCountries: ['US', '+44']
}
]
});The AnonymousAuthProvider can be enabled to let users continue as a guest. If
a user is already signed in anonymously, clicking this sign-in option will keep
the same current anonymous user. In addition, when auto-upgrade for anonymous
users is enabled in addition to this option and a user is already signed in
anonymously, clicking this sign-in option will also keep the same current
anonymous user.
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
signInOptions: [
{
provider: firebaseui.auth.AnonymousAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID
}
]
});Two sign in flows are available:
redirect, the default, will perform a full page redirect to the sign-in page of the provider (Google, Facebook...). This is recommended for mobile apps.- The
popupflow will open a popup to the sign-in page of the provider. If the popup is blocked by the browser, it will fall back to a full page redirect.
The signInSuccessWithAuthResult callback is invoked when user signs in successfully.
The authResult provided here is a firebaseui.auth.AuthResult object, which includes the current logged in user, the credential used to sign in the user, additional user info indicating if the user is new or existing and operation type like 'signIn' or 'link'. This callback will replace signInSuccess in future.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
authResult |
firebaseui.auth.AuthResult |
No | The AuthResult of successful sign-in operation. The AuthResult object has same signature as firebase.auth.UserCredential. |
redirectUrl |
string |
Yes | The URL where the user is redirected after the callback finishes. It will only be given if you overwrite the sign-in success URL. |
Should return: boolean
If the callback returns true, then the page is automatically redirected
depending on the case:
- If no
signInSuccessUrlparameter was given in the URL (See: Overwriting the sign-in success URL) then the defaultsignInSuccessUrlin config is used. - If the value is provided in the URL, that value will be used instead of the
static
signInSuccessUrlin config.
If the callback returns false or nothing, the page is not automatically
redirected.
This callback will be deprecated and will be replaced by signInSuccessWithAuthResult which takes firebaseui.auth.AuthResult.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
currentUser |
firebase.User |
No | The logged in user. |
credential |
firebase.auth.AuthCredential |
Yes | The credential used to sign in the user. |
redirectUrl |
string |
Yes | The URL where the user is redirected after the callback finishes. It will only be given if you overwrite the sign-in success URL. |
Should return: boolean
If the callback returns true, then the page is automatically redirected
depending on the case:
- If no
signInSuccessUrlparameter was given in the URL (See: Overwriting the sign-in success URL) then the defaultsignInSuccessUrlin config is used. - If the value is provided in the URL, that value will be used instead of the
static
signInSuccessUrlin config.
If the callback returns false or nothing, the page is not automatically
redirected.
The signInFailure callback is provided to handle any unrecoverable error
encountered during the sign-in process.
The error provided here is a firebaseui.auth.AuthUIError error with the
following properties.
firebaseui.auth.AuthUIError properties:
| Name | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
code |
string |
No | The corresponding error code. Currently the only error code supported is firebaseui/anonymous-upgrade-merge-conflict |
credential |
firebase.auth.AuthCredential |
Yes | The existing non-anonymous user credential the user tried to sign in with. |
Should return: Promise<void>|void
FirebaseUI will wait for the returned promise to handle the reported error
before clearing the UI. If no promise is returned, the UI will be cleared on
completion. Even when this callback resolves, signInSuccessWithAuthResult
callback will not be triggered.
This callback is required when autoUpgradeAnonymousUsers is enabled.
This callback is triggered the first time the widget UI is rendered. This is useful for cases where the application should display a custom loader before FirebaseUI is displayed.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sample FirebaseUI App</title>
<!-- *******************************************************************************************
* TODO(DEVELOPER): Paste the initialization snippet from:
* Firebase Console > Overview > Add Firebase to your web app. *
***************************************************************************************** -->
<script src="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/firebaseui/3.4.1/firebaseui.css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
// FirebaseUI config.
var uiConfig = {
callbacks: {
signInSuccessWithAuthResult: function(authResult, redirectUrl) {
var user = authResult.user;
var credential = authResult.credential;
var isNewUser = authResult.additionalUserInfo.isNewUser;
var providerId = authResult.additionalUserInfo.providerId;
var operationType = authResult.operationType;
// Do something with the returned AuthResult.
// Return type determines whether we continue the redirect automatically
// or whether we leave that to developer to handle.
return true;
},
signInFailure: function(error) {
// Some unrecoverable error occurred during sign-in.
// Return a promise when error handling is completed and FirebaseUI
// will reset, clearing any UI. This commonly occurs for error code
// 'firebaseui/anonymous-upgrade-merge-conflict' when merge conflict
// occurs. Check below for more details on this.
return handleUIError(error);
},
uiShown: function() {
// The widget is rendered.
// Hide the loader.
document.getElementById('loader').style.display = 'none';
}
},
credentialHelper: firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.ACCOUNT_CHOOSER_COM,
// Query parameter name for mode.
queryParameterForWidgetMode: 'mode',
// Query parameter name for sign in success url.
queryParameterForSignInSuccessUrl: 'signInSuccessUrl',
// Will use popup for IDP Providers sign-in flow instead of the default, redirect.
signInFlow: 'popup',
signInSuccessUrl: '<url-to-redirect-to-on-success>',
signInOptions: [
// Leave the lines as is for the providers you want to offer your users.
firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
{
provider: firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
// Whether the display name should be displayed in the Sign Up page.
requireDisplayName: true
},
{
provider: firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
// Invisible reCAPTCHA with image challenge and bottom left badge.
recaptchaParameters: {
type: 'image',
size: 'invisible',
badge: 'bottomleft'
}
},
firebaseui.auth.AnonymousAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID
],
// tosUrl and privacyPolicyUrl accept either url string or a callback
// function.
// Terms of service url/callback.
tosUrl: '<your-tos-url>',
// Privacy policy url/callback.
privacyPolicyUrl: function() {
window.location.assign('<your-privacy-policy-url>');
}
};
var ui = new firebaseui.auth.AuthUI(firebase.auth());
// The start method will wait until the DOM is loaded.
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', uiConfig);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- The surrounding HTML is left untouched by FirebaseUI.
Your app may use that space for branding, controls and other customizations.-->
<h1>Welcome to My Awesome App</h1>
<div id="firebaseui-auth-container"></div>
<div id="loader">Loading...</div>
</body>
</html>When an anonymous user signs in or signs up with a permanent account, you want to be sure the user can continue with what they were doing before signing up. For example, an anonymous user might have items in their shopping cart. At check-out, you prompt the user to sign in or sign up. After the user is signed in, the user's shopping cart should contain any items the user added while signed in anonymously.
To support this behavior, FirebaseUI makes it easy to "upgrade" an anonymous
account to a permanent account. To do so, simply set autoUpgradeAnonymousUsers
to true when you configure the sign-in UI (this option is disabled by
default).
FirebaseUI links the new credential with the anonymous account using Firebase
Auth's linkWithCredential method:
anonymousUser.linkWithCredential(permanentCredential);The user will retain the same uid at the end of the flow and all data keyed
on that identifier would still be associated with that same user.
There are cases when a user, initially signed in anonymously, tries to
upgrade to an existing Firebase user. For example, a user may have signed up
with a Google credential on another device. When trying to upgrade to the
existing Google user, an error auth/credential-already-in-use will be thrown
by Firebase Auth as an existing user cannot be linked to another existing user.
No two users can share the same credential. In that case, both user data
have to be merged before one user is discarded (typically the anonymous user).
In the case above, the anonymous user shopping cart will be copied locally,
the anonymous user will be deleted and then the user is signed in with the
permanent credential. The anonymous user data in temporary storage will be
copied back to the non-anonymous user.
FirebaseUI will trigger the signInFailure callback with an error code
firebaseui/anonymous-upgrade-merge-conflict when the above occurs. The error
object will also contain the permanent credential.
Sign-in with the permanent credential should be triggered in the callback to
complete sign-in.
Before sign-in can be completed via
auth.signInWithCredential(error.credential), the data of the anonymous user
must be copied and the anonymous user deleted. After sign-in completion, the
data has to be copied back to the non-anonymous user. An example below
illustrates how this flow would work if user data is persisted using Firebase
Realtime Database.
Example:
// Temp variable to hold the anonymous user data if needed.
var data = null;
// Hold a reference to the anonymous current user.
var anonymousUser = firebase.auth().currentUser;
ui.start('#firebaseui-auth-container', {
// Whether to upgrade anonymous users should be explicitly provided.
// The user must already be signed in anonymously before FirebaseUI is
// rendered.
autoUpgradeAnonymousUsers: true,
signInSuccessUrl: '<url-to-redirect-to-on-success>',
signInOptions: [
firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID,
firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID
],
callbacks: {
signInSuccessWithAuthResult: function(authResult, redirectUrl) {
// Process result. This will not trigger on merge conflicts.
// On success redirect to signInSuccessUrl.
return true;
},
// signInFailure callback must be provided to handle merge conflicts which
// occur when an existing credential is linked to an anonymous user.
signInFailure: function(error) {
// For merge conflicts, the error.code will be
// 'firebaseui/anonymous-upgrade-merge-conflict'.
if (error.code != 'firebaseui/anonymous-upgrade-merge-conflict') {
return Promise.resolve();
}
// The credential the user tried to sign in with.
var cred = error.credential;
// If using Firebase Realtime Database. The anonymous user data has to be
// copied to the non-anonymous user.
var app = firebase.app();
// Save anonymous user data first.
return app.database().ref('users/' + firebase.auth().currentUser.uid)
.once('value')
.then(function(snapshot) {
data = snapshot.val();
// This will trigger onAuthStateChanged listener which
// could trigger a redirect to another page.
// Ensure the upgrade flow is not interrupted by that callback
// and that this is given enough time to complete before
// redirection.
return firebase.auth().signInWithCredential(cred);
})
.then(function(user) {
// Original Anonymous Auth instance now has the new user.
return app.database().ref('users/' + user.uid).set(data);
})
.then(function() {
// Delete anonymnous user.
return anonymousUser.delete();
}).then(function() {
// Clear data in case a new user signs in, and the state change
// triggers.
data = null;
// FirebaseUI will reset and the UI cleared when this promise
// resolves.
// signInSuccessWithAuthResult will not run. Successful sign-in
// logic has to be run explicitly.
window.location.assign('<url-to-redirect-to-on-success>');
});
}
}
});Currently, FirebaseUI does not offer customization out of the box. However, the HTML around the widget is not affected by it so you can display everything you want around the widget container.
Upon initialization, FirebaseUI will look for the mode parameter in the URL.
Depending on the value of this parameter, it will trigger a specific mode. When
no mode parameter is found, it will default to the sign-in mode.
You can change the name of this parameter with the queryParameterForWidgetMode
configuration parameter.
| Query parameter value | Description |
|---|---|
?mode=select |
Sign-in mode |
Example:
https://<url-of-the-widget>?mode=select
You can pass a query parameter to the widget's URL that will overwrite the URL
the user is redirected to after a successful sign-in. If you do so, you must set
the configuration signInSuccessUrl value (even if it will be overwritten).
When passing the redirect URL this way, the signInSuccessWithAuthResult
callback will receive the value as the redirectUrl argument.
You must include the mode explicitly in the URL when using the
signInSuccessUrl parameter, otherwise FirebaseUI will directly redirect to the
URL specified.
You can change the name of this parameter with the
queryParameterForSignInSuccessUrl configuration parameter.
Example:
https://<url-of-the-widget>?mode=select&signInSuccessUrl=signedIn.html will
redirect the user to https://<url-of-the-widget>/signedIn.html after a
successful sign-in flow.
To set up a development environment to build FirebaseUI from source, you must have the following installed:
- Node.js (>= 6.0.0)
- npm (should be included with Node.js)
- Java SE Runtime Environment 8
In order to run the demo and tests, you must also have:
- Python (2.7)
Download the FirebaseUI source and its dependencies with:
git clone https://github.com/firebase/firebaseui-web.git
cd firebaseui-web
npm installTo build the library, run:
npm run buildThis will create output files in the dist/ folder.
To build a localized JavaScript binary, run:
npm run build build-js-{LANGUAGE_CODE}where {LANGUAGE_CODE} is replaced by the
code of the language you want. For example, the French binary
can be built with npm run build build-js-fr. This will create a binary
firebaseui__fr.js in the dist/ folder.
To build a localized npm FirebaseUI module, run:
npm run build build-npm-{LANGUAGE_CODE}Make sure all underscore symbols in the LANGUAGE_CODE are replaced with
dashes.
This will generate dist/npm__{LANGUAGE_CODE}.js.
You can then import/require it:
import firebaseui from './npm__{LANGUAGE_CODE}';To run the demo app, you must have a Firebase project set up on the
Firebase Console. Copy
demo/public/sample-config.js to demo/public/config.js:
cp demo/public/sample-config.js demo/public/config.jsCopy the data from the "Add Firebase to your web app" flow in Firebase Console. Next, run
npm run demoThis will start a local server serving a FirebaseUI demo app with all local changes. More details can be found in the demo app folder, covering how to configure the app to be deployed on a Firebase Hosting instance.
All unit tests can be run on the command line (via PhantomJS) with:
npm testAlternatively, the unit tests can be run manually by running
npm run serveThen, all unit tests can be run at: http://localhost:4000/buildtools/all_tests.html
You can also run tests individually by accessing each HTML file under
generated/tests, for example: http://localhost:4000/generated/tests/javascript/widgets/authui_test.html
You need a SauceLabs account to run tests on SauceLabs.
Go to your SauceLab account, under "My Account", and copy paste the access key. Now export the following variables, in two Terminal windows:
export SAUCE_USERNAME=<your username>
export SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY=<the copy pasted access key>Then, in one Terminal window, start SauceConnect:
./buildtools/sauce_connect.shTake note of the "Tunnel Identifier" value logged in the terminal,at the top. In the other terminal that has the exported variables, run the tests:
npm test -- --saucelabs --tunnelIdentifier=<the tunnel identifier>FirebaseUI sign-in widget supports Cordova applications. This includes email/password and all OAuth providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter and GitHub). Phone authentication is not supported due to the limitation in the underlying Firebase core SDK.
| Provider | Value |
|---|---|
firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
firebase.auth.TwitterAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
|
| Github | firebase.auth.GithubAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
| Email and password | firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
| Anonymous | firebaseui.auth.AnonymousAuthProvider.PROVIDER_ID |
In order to integrate FirebaseUI with your Cordova application, you need to follow these steps:
- Install the necessary Cordova plugins, make the necessary Firebase Console changes and update your config.xml file as documented in OAuth Sign-In for Cordova
- After you have successfully configured your application, you can use FirebaseUI in your Cordova application just like any other traditional browser applications.
Keep in mind the following while you set up the app:
- Only
redirectsignInFlowis supported as Firebase Auth does not supportpopupmode for Cordova. firebase.auth.PhoneAuthProvider.PROVIDER_IDis not currently supported.- As the application runs within an embedded webview,
accountchooser.comwill always be disabled. - If you are providing a
Content-Security-Policymake sure you add the appropriate exceptions for FirebaseUI resources (style-src,media-src,img-src,script-src, etc.) and underlying Firebase JS SDK.
In React DOM applications you can use the FirebaseUI Web React Wrapper.
In Angular applications you can use this FirebaseUI Web Angular Wrapper from the community.
When a user has enabled the private browsing mode in Safari, the web storage is disabled. This currently results in an error being thrown upon Firebase Auth initialization. Therefore, when following the snippets above, FirebaseUI will never get initialized and no UI will be displayed.
When a user disables 3rd party cookies in their browser, the mechanism for
returning the result of an OAuth popup/redirect as implemented by the
underlying firebase-auth.js library may be broken on some browsers.
When re-rendering the FirebaseUI Auth widget (for instance after signing in a user, signing her out and trying to sign her in again), it will sometimes log a warning:
UI Widget is already rendered on the page and is pending some user interaction. Only one widget instance can be rendered per page. The previous instance has been automatically reset.
This happens when the UI widget was in a pending state, i.e. the user was in the
middle of performing a sign-in flow. You should generally avoid re-rendering the
widget in the middle of an action, but if you do, to avoid the warning, you
should use the reset() method before re-rendering the widget.
When trying to initialize a new UI widget with the same Auth instance, you will
get an app/duplicate-app error. In general, you should keep a reference to
the AuthUI instance and instead call reset() and then start(...) again to
re-render the widget.
If you don't keep a reference to that AuthUI instance, you can get the reference
by calling firebaseui.auth.AuthUI.getInstance(appId) where appId is the same
as the optional one used to initialize the AuthUI instance. If none was provided
just call firebaseui.auth.AuthUI.getInstance().
This is the recommended way but you also have the option to delete the AuthUI
instance by calling ui.delete() which returns a promise that resolves on
successful deletion. You can then initialize a new UI instance with the same
Auth instance without getting the app/duplicate-app error. At any time, you
can only have one AuthUI instance with the same appId or the same Auth
instance.
FirebaseUI is broken in IE11 when deployed on a local server accessed through localhost (but works when deployed on a remote server)
Several developers reported issues with IE11 when testing the widget integration on a server deployed locally, accessing the application through a localhost address. However, it doesn't impact applications deployed on a server (as you can verify in the demo app).
Latest: https://github.com/firebase/firebaseui-web/releases/latest
For v1.0.0 and superior: https://github.com/firebase/firebaseui-web/releases
See the milestone 0.5.0 for the issues covered in this release. Below is a summary of the most important ones:
- FirebaseUI now supports Single Page Application: a
resetmethod was added to allow to dispose of the widget. When the user leaves a page where the FirebaseUI widget was rendered (for instance in thecomponentWillUnmountmethod of a React component), call theresetmethod of thefirebaseui.auth.AuthUIinstance you created. Also, call theresetmethod before rendering again the widget if one has already been rendered on the page. Please refer to the demo app for guidance on how to use FirebaseUI in a Single Page Application context. - Custom scopes can now be added for each provider. See Configure OAuth providers.
- Several issues, different but related to the
displayNamenot being present after sign up with email and password, have been fixed. - A new config parameter has been added:
signInFlow. It allows to specify whether the Identity Providers sign in flows should be done throughredirect(the default) orpopup. See Sign In Flows.