/firebase

cli for firebase-admin.

Available Features

• Select project credential (fb-admin project)
• List users (fb-admin users)
• Update custom claims for user (fb-admin claims)

Installation

# npm
npm install -g @e2fyi/firebase-admin
# yarn
yarn global add @e2fyi/firebase-admin

Project credentials

The cli connects to a firebase project by loading the environment variable FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT from .env. The .env can be automatically generate with the fb-admin project <PATH_TO_PROJECT_CRED> command.

Creating a service account and getting the project credentials

• Navigate to the Service Accounts tab in your project's settings page.
• Click the Generate New Private Key button at the bottom of the Firebase Admin SDK section of the Service Accounts tab.
• Download and keep the JSON file in a secure location.

Example

# setup current project to
# `~/.firebase/firebase_service_account.json`
fb-admin project ~/.firebase/firebase_service_account.json

Additional resources:

• https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup#add_firebase_to_your_app

CLI

# run cli and see help
fb-admin -h

usage: fb-admin [-h] [-v] {project,claims,users} ...

cli command to manage custom claims for firebase users.

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -v, --version         Show program's version number and exit.

subcommands:
  {project,claims,users}
    project             Setup credential for a firebase project.
    claims              Update the custom claims of a firebase user.
    users               List firebase users.

SUBCOMMAND PROJECT

Select a project by providing the path to the service account credentials.

usage: fb-admin project [-h] cred

Positional arguments:
  cred        Path to the JSON credential for firebase project.

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help  Show this help message and exit.

Example

fb-admin project ~/.firebase/firebase_service_account.json

SUBCOMMAND CLAIMS

Update the customClaims of a user.

usage: fb-admin claims [-h] [-d DATA] [-f FLAGS] email

Positional arguments:
  email                 ptnet user email

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -d DATA, --data DATA  Set the custom claims with the JSON string. e.g.
                        '{"admin":1}'
  -f FLAGS, --flags FLAGS
                        Set a flag in custom claims with semicolon-delimited
                        <field=value> pairs. e.g. -f admin=1;scope=all;

Examples

# equivalent to -d {"admin": 1, "scope": "all"}
fb-admin claims someone@email.com -f admin=1;scope=all;

# equivalent to -f admin=1
fb-admin claims someone@email.com -d '{"admin":1}';

SUBCOMMAND USERS

List or search users based on email.

usage: fb-admin users [-h] [-m MATCH]

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -m MATCH, --match MATCH
                        List only users with email matching the provided
                        minimatch pattern. e.g. *@email.com

Examples

# list all users
fb-admin users

# list all users with email domain "email.com"
fb-admin users -m *@email.com;