[FR] Support Edge and Deno runtime

[oreqizer]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/edge-runtime

I'd like to use firebase-admin in an Edge environment and Deno. The package currently uses Node-specific APIs though, making that impossible.

Describe the solution you'd like

Would be awesome to support the Edge/Deno runtime, e.g. via firebase-admin/common.

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[lahirumaramba]

We currently do not have any specific plans to support Deno or Edge runtime. Although, I would encourage you to file a feature request through https://firebase.google.com/support to create more visibility on this within the team. It will also help us gauge the interest for these feature requests. Thank you!

[lahirumaramba]

Duplicate of #1307

[akauppi]

@oreqizer This repo is open source. Do you think forking this repo and making firebase-admin-deno with the necessary changes is a possibility?

Disclaimer: I’m not a Deno user, and don’t suggest to contribute. It would be an interesting thing to follow, though…

[oreqizer]

@akauppi it definitely would be to some extent, depending on related dependencies. out of my time capacity to gauge/attempt though

[maccman]

We'd love to see nextjs edge support.

[axelvaindal]

If possible, we would like edge support as well, as firebase-admin is not working in Next.js middleware.

[Moe03]

Hey is there any progress with this PR?

[m3hari]

Using the rest API was my workaround see the story https://m3hari.medium.com/firebase-database-using-rest-api-3b4c8982164e

[0x80]

@m3hari the admin package does more than that. For example, I'd like to decode a firebase id token and get custom claims from it.

[scottwittrock]

I'd like to do this exact same use case. Has anyone found a work around?

@m3hari the admin package does more than that. For example, I'd like to decode a firebase id token and get custom claims from it.

[m3hari]

just verifying token was my use case

[step135]

What about REST API? My issue here was closed today claiming that I can use AUTH REST API to manage users. Do you agree with lahirumaramba (Firebase employee)?

[0x80]

@step135 I don't think that is true. Decoding a token I wouldn't categorize as "managing users" and looking at the list on the right side of the API reference I don't see it either: https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/rest/auth

[jdgamble555]

The solution to this problem is "Firebase Admin Lite" which would basically have a REST API under the hood. For those who don't know, Firestore has a "lite" version, but you can't use auth or anything meaningful with it for the moment. It does, however, help with non-logged queries.

• [FR] Admin version of the Firestore Lite SDK #1879

Also, you may want to vote on the request and maybe it will get more attention:

• https://firebase.uservoice.com/forums/948424-general/suggestions/48355772-firebase-admin-lite

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[JedPattersonn]

If you want to decode the auth token, I've just created a package that does this, just pass in your token and project ID and it will decode it.

Works on the edge https://www.npmjs.com/package/firebase-edge-auth