Email Sign In by Firebase
Getting Started
Create your free Firebase account and create a new project
Enable Email / Password Sign in
In the Firebase console, navigate to Authentication and the tab "Sign-In Method". Enable Email/Password as shown below.
Connect your Firebase Account with Thunkable
There are two properties that you need to retrieve from Firebase to connect it with Thunkable which are both retrievable from the Firebase console: API key and database URL
API key and database URL
(Optional) Modify the email template you send to verify your users' emails
Using the Sign In Component in your App
Click on the Sign In drawer of blocks to access the Sign In blocks.
Sign up
The first step for users is to Sign Up with their email address and a password. They will be sent an email to verify the address that they provided.
Event
Description
Sign up ( email, password))
Signs up a user for a new account. Returns an error if sign up is not successful. A common error is "The email address is already in use by another account."
Here is an example of using this block:
Sign in
This block will sign a user in and return their user ID.
Name
Data Type
Data
error
Text
If error, returns error; else, returns null
userId
Text
Returns unique ID for each account
isEmailVerified
True/False
If email has been verified, returns true; else, returns false
When the user's email and password have been stored locally, the following blocks can be used to sign the user in with these details automatically.
Sign Out
Signs the user out.
Reset Password
Send an email to the specified email address to reset their password
Manage User Access
On the Firebase console, navigate to the Users tab under Authentication and you'll find a dashboard where you can reset a user's password, disable and delete their accounts.
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