Firebase Admin Setup

In this section we will connect our Backend with Firebase.

Log into your firebase console then go to your project.
In the Firebase console, open Settings then go to Service Accounts tab.
Click Generate New Private Key, then confirm by clicking Generate Key.

Firebase Admin Key Gen

It will provide you with a JSON file. Securely store the JSON file containing the key.
Then open the backend code in VS code and go to .env file, then go to Firebase Admin SDK section and then place your private keys in the respected fields.

.env
# Firebase Admin SDK
FIREBASE_ADMIN_TYPE="*************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_PROJECT_ID="**********"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_PRIVATE_KEY_ID="****************************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_PRIVATE_KEY="*******************************************......"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_CLIENT_EMAIL="**************************************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_CLIENT_ID="*********************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_AUTH_URI="************************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_TOKEN_URI="**********************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_AUTH_PROVIDER_X509_CERT_URL="**************************************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_CLIENT_X509_CERT_URL="****************************************************************************************************"
FIREBASE_ADMIN_UNIVERSE_DOMAIN="************"

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Official Firebase documentation for Initializing the Firebase Admin SDK in non-Google environments: https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup#initialize_the_sdk_in_non-google_environments