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Firebase Cookbook

You're reading from   Firebase Cookbook Over 70 recipes to help you create real-time web and mobile applications with Firebase

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296335
Length 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Houssem Yahiaoui Houssem Yahiaoui
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Firebase - Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Firebase Real-Time Database 3. File Management with Firebase Storage 4. Firebase Authentication 5. Securing Application Flow with Firebase Rules 6. Progressive Applications Powered by Firebase 7. Firebase Admin SDK 8. Extend Firebase with Cloud Functions 9. We’re Done, Let’s Deploy 10. Integrating Firebase with NativeScript 11. Integrating Firebase with Android/iOS Natively 12. Hack Application's Growth 13. Adding Analytics and Maximizing Earnings 14. Firebase Cloud FireStore

Implementing user account management by deleting accounts

In order to delete an account, the Firebase Admin SDK will require you to have the user UID; such an ID can be grabbed in different ways, but one of the functionalities we have seen is for users to delete their own account, so this utility can be helpful. Let's see how we can make it happen.

Getting ready

In the user dashboard or settings pages, we want users to have a button to delete their accounts; this will launch a post request to our backend, calling the API to delete the account. This final should be secure enough to host such a functionality.

How to do it.....

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