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Storing Firebase UID in an external database
I am using firebase auth for a project. Since we don't want to be in charge of handling passwords, and eventually want to add social login we're going to use FireBase.
We have an .NET WEB API set up right now with its own database. In this database some tables have reference to user's. Example: Order table would need a customer id.
Since we're only using Firebase Auth we're thinking about storing some user data in our database. Specifically:
FirstName | LastName | Role.
Would it be okay to store the Firebase UID in our tables as well, or is the a different parameter we should be using?
firebase firebase-realtime-database firebase-authentication
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I am using firebase auth for a project. Since we don't want to be in charge of handling passwords, and eventually want to add social login we're going to use FireBase.
We have an .NET WEB API set up right now with its own database. In this database some tables have reference to user's. Example: Order table would need a customer id.
Since we're only using Firebase Auth we're thinking about storing some user data in our database. Specifically:
FirstName | LastName | Role.
Would it be okay to store the Firebase UID in our tables as well, or is the a different parameter we should be using?
firebase firebase-realtime-database firebase-authentication
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
add a comment |
I am using firebase auth for a project. Since we don't want to be in charge of handling passwords, and eventually want to add social login we're going to use FireBase.
We have an .NET WEB API set up right now with its own database. In this database some tables have reference to user's. Example: Order table would need a customer id.
Since we're only using Firebase Auth we're thinking about storing some user data in our database. Specifically:
FirstName | LastName | Role.
Would it be okay to store the Firebase UID in our tables as well, or is the a different parameter we should be using?
firebase firebase-realtime-database firebase-authentication
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
I am using firebase auth for a project. Since we don't want to be in charge of handling passwords, and eventually want to add social login we're going to use FireBase.
We have an .NET WEB API set up right now with its own database. In this database some tables have reference to user's. Example: Order table would need a customer id.
Since we're only using Firebase Auth we're thinking about storing some user data in our database. Specifically:
FirstName | LastName | Role.
Would it be okay to store the Firebase UID in our tables as well, or is the a different parameter we should be using?
firebase firebase-realtime-database firebase-authentication
firebase firebase-realtime-database firebase-authentication
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
edited Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug Stevenson
74.7k987107
74.7k987107
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
asked Nov 20 '18 at 23:17
Kevin Z.Kevin Z.
62
62
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Yes, it's very common to store Firebase Auth UIDs in a database to store per-user information.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
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Yes, what you want is a unique identifier for each user and sounds like Firebase's auth UID is unique across the same project. Based on Firebase's document:
getUid()Returns a string used to uniquely identify your user in
your Firebase project's user database.
Also check this answer:
Is Firebase UID unique across multiple apps?
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
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Yes, it's very common to store Firebase Auth UIDs in a database to store per-user information.
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Yes, it's very common to store Firebase Auth UIDs in a database to store per-user information.
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Yes, it's very common to store Firebase Auth UIDs in a database to store per-user information.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug StevensonDoug Stevenson
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Yes, it's very common to store Firebase Auth UIDs in a database to store per-user information.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
Doug StevensonDoug Stevenson
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:27
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Yes, what you want is a unique identifier for each user and sounds like Firebase's auth UID is unique across the same project. Based on Firebase's document:
getUid()Returns a string used to uniquely identify your user in
your Firebase project's user database.
Also check this answer:
Is Firebase UID unique across multiple apps?
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
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Yes, what you want is a unique identifier for each user and sounds like Firebase's auth UID is unique across the same project. Based on Firebase's document:
getUid()Returns a string used to uniquely identify your user in
your Firebase project's user database.
Also check this answer:
Is Firebase UID unique across multiple apps?
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
3,66052545
add a comment |
Yes, what you want is a unique identifier for each user and sounds like Firebase's auth UID is unique across the same project. Based on Firebase's document:
getUid()Returns a string used to uniquely identify your user in
your Firebase project's user database.
Also check this answer:
Is Firebase UID unique across multiple apps?
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
3,66052545
Yes, what you want is a unique identifier for each user and sounds like Firebase's auth UID is unique across the same project. Based on Firebase's document:
getUid()Returns a string used to uniquely identify your user in
your Firebase project's user database.
Also check this answer:
Is Firebase UID unique across multiple apps?
answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
AriAri
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 23:43
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