How to configure the Firebase plugin/Firebase demo:

To configure the Demo, start in Step 2.

Step 1 - Create 5 Site Properties:

• FbAPIKey - API Key, as defined in the Firebase console;

• FbProjectId - Firebase project id, as defined in the Firebase console;

• FbServiceAccountPrivateKey - Service Account Private Key, which can be found in the Firebase Project console; (Only required for authentication with Tokens)

• FbServiceAccountClientEmail - Service Account Client Email, which can be found in the Firebase Project console; (Only required for authentication with Tokens)

• FbDatabaseURL - Firebase Realtime Database URL, which can be found in the Firebase Project console.

Step 2 - Configure the FbAPIKey and FbProjectId: 

1. Go to the Firebase Console and click on the “gear” icon;

2. Click on the “Project Settings” button;

3. On the “Settings” tab, copy the Project Id value and assign it to the site property FbProjectId;

4. On the “Settings” tab, copy the Web API Key value and assign it to the site property FbAPIKey.

Step 3 Configure the FbDatabaseURL:

1. Go to the Firebase console and click on the “Realtime Database” menu item;

2. On the Data tab:

   1. Copy the Database URL and assign it to the site property FbDatabaseURL.

Step 4 - Configure the FbServiceAccountPrivateKey and the FbServiceAccountClientEmail: (Only required for authentication with Tokens)

1. Go to the Firebase Console and click on the “gear” icon;

2. Click on the “Project Settings” button;

3. Click on the “Service Account” tab;

4. On “Firebase Admin SDK”, click on the button “Generate new private key”. A JSON file will be downloaded;

5. Open the JSON file and copy the values of the keys  “client_email” and “private_key” and assign them to the site properties FbServiceAccountClientEmail and FbServiceAccountPrivateKey.

Step 5 (only for Email + Password authentication and Anonymous authentication) - Configure authentication sign methods in Firebase Console:

3. Go to the Firebase console and click on the “Authentication” menu item;

4. Click on the tab “Sign-in method”

5. Enable the authentication method:

   1. For Email and Password, enable the Email/Password method;

   2. For Anonymous, enable the Anonymous method.