# Email Sign In by Firebase {% hint style="info" %} To use Sign In, you will need to first create your own Firebase account and project {% endhint %} {% embed url="" %} ## Getting Started ### Create your free [Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/) account and create a new project ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LApyfVvhR8odKR4YQF2%2F-LApyw3bvIOR5-JAB_w5%2FThunkable%20Documentation%20Exhibits%20\(70\).png?alt=media\&token=608404dd-88e1-4b12-882f-31c2d64ab94d) ### Enable Email / Password Sign in In the Firebase console, navigate to Authentication and the tab "Sign-In Method". Enable Email/Password as shown below. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LAn5wecEraNWaG7Ig2g%2F-LAn69LqKwm8IN8GZyqJ%2Ffirebase-%E2%9C%95-fig-4.png?generation=1524497165800299\&alt=media) ### 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` ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LApxibD39rc9AEH2Eas%2F-LApyIjcnOtwD72IBTH2%2FThunkable%20Documentation%20Exhibits%20\(67\).png?alt=media\&token=d1690bef-ab7e-4f48-a2e4-396547cf92a3) `API key` and `database URL` ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LApxibD39rc9AEH2Eas%2F-LApyLIkRV82bHzOpleV%2FThunkable%20Documentation%20Exhibits%20\(68\).png?alt=media\&token=f782472f-2630-45a0-8e75-17097a4e7aba) ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LApxibD39rc9AEH2Eas%2F-LApyNNWBRAZDpCzIvN4%2FThunkable%20Documentation%20Exhibits%20\(69\).png?alt=media\&token=cf756958-aa68-47b6-8e49-33ad60660789) ### (Optional) Modify the email template you send to verify your users' emails ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LAn5wecEraNWaG7Ig2g%2F-LAn69OX26OWFvWU9YAd%2Ffirebase-%E2%9C%95-fig-5.png?generation=1524497165955904\&alt=media) ## Using the Sign In Component in your App Click on the Sign In drawer of blocks to access the Sign In blocks. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MJWfrtwPxcJj1KnpqoW%2F-MJWgaewcQAcQvcp6nNZ%2Fsign-in.png?alt=media\&token=00dcd9ba-b3cf-4626-bf48-7258aa45c717) ## 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. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdkyDRiN3_GIjVSX8j%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2011.53.48%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=fe28e26e-b901-403b-8f24-ba018594b70e) | 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: ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdlJ6-z3hsMybnvHJ2%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2011.55.16%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=35ca7a34-7771-4040-8664-8cd50f1fb7dc) ## Sign in This block will sign a user in and return their user ID. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdlhzeo9tNMtDmrQ1o%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2011.57.04%20AM.png?alt=media\&token=3756269d-2656-44f8-9a88-ef4e9abe761d) | 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. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdmcL0EM8Nfwy6MVRv%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2012.01.03%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=b8091257-d414-4028-9caf-69d4e334ecba) ## Sign Out Signs the user out. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdmkKjGqJlV526UNgN%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2012.01.33%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=d3ca7d89-6a40-4b88-9ef4-5a68f6701460) ## Reset Password Send an email to the specified email address to reset their password ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-MYdkZkonHxV532xBVnH%2F-MYdmzLBjXgAzeuYOC_C%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-04-19%20at%2012.02.37%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=10f2396e-4e84-49ab-b535-1fad0cd4d81e) ## 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. ![](https://689802330-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LAn5scXl2uqUJUOqkJo%2F-LAn5wecEraNWaG7Ig2g%2F-LAn69UwOJpXTThRSq3r%2Ffirebase-%E2%9C%95-fig-1.png?generation=1524497165853546\&alt=media)