Example of how to create custom firebase ID tokens

Setup

• Make sure you have node v10.23.0 installed

$ npm install

• Create a firebase project by visiting console.firebase.google.com
• Create a Firebase Admin SDK service account for the firebase project
• Download the service account as a JSON file and save as google_service_account.json in this repo's root directory
• Copy the Web API Key from the firebase console in the project's Settings > General

Create a token

• The following will create a token for a user with UID, test, and email, somebody@example.com.

$ WEB_API_KEY=<secret> node index.js

• Modify the arguments of the createCustomToken method call in index.js to mimic different users with different properties