nodeFire

AngularFire with token authentication on node backend server

Get Started with nodeFire

1. Run these commands to add the project locally:

$ git clone https://github.com/LukeSchlangen/nodeFire
$ cd nodeFire
$ npm install

2. Create a free Firebase account at https://firebase.google.com
3. Create a project from your Firebase account console
4. Click the “Add Firebase to your web app” icon

• Copy the contents WITHOUT SCRIPT TAGS or the CDN from the resulting popup into public/config.js. It should look like this:

  // Initialize Firebase
  var config = {
    apiKey: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    authDomain: "XXXXXXXXXXXX.firebaseapp.com",
    databaseURL: "https://XXXXXXXXXXXX.firebaseio.com",
    storageBucket: "XXXXXXXXXXXX.appspot.com",
    messagingSenderId: "XXXXXXXXXX"
  };
  firebase.initializeApp(config);

5. Follow the instructions in Add Firebase to your App to add a Firebase service account to your backend

• Rename the new JSON file to firebase-service-account.json and save it in the server folder of your application

6. Configure Google as an authentication provider for your Firebase project.

• In the Firebase console for your project, click "Auth" in left panel

• Click "Set Up Sign-In Method" button

• Select "Google"

• Click the "edit" icon
• Enable Google

Now, run npm start to run your application on localhost:5000 and its ready to go!