Manage Users

The Firebase Admin SDK provides an API for managing your Firebase Authentication users with elevated privileges. The admin user management API gives you the ability to programmatically complete the following tasks from a secure server environment:

  • Create new users without any throttling or rate limiting.
  • Look up users by different criteria such as uid, email or phone number.
  • List all the users of a specified project in batches.
  • Access user metadata including account creation date and last sign-in date.
  • Delete users without requiring their existing password.
  • Update user properties - including their password - without having to sign in as the user.
  • Verify emails without having to go through the out-of-band action flows for verifying emails.
  • Change a user's email without sending email links to revoke these changes.
  • Create a new user with a phone number without having to go through the SMS verification flow.
  • Change a user's phone number without having to go through the SMS verification flow.
  • Offline provision users in a disabled state and then later control when to enable them.
  • Build custom user consoles that are tailored to a specific application's user management system.

Before you begin

To use the user management API provided by the Firebase Admin SDK, you must have a service account. Follow the setup instructions for more information on how to initialize the Admin SDK.

Retrieve user data

The primary way to identify a user is by their uid, a unique identifier for that user. The Admin SDK provides a method that allows fetching the profile information of users by their uid:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .getUser(uid)
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log(`Successfully fetched user data: ${userRecord.toJSON()}`);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error fetching user data:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getUser(uid);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
System.out.println("Successfully fetched user data: " + userRecord.getUid());

Python

from firebase_admin import auth

user = auth.get_user(uid)
print('Successfully fetched user data: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

// Get an auth client from the firebase.App
client, err := app.Auth(ctx)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error getting Auth client: %v\n", err)
}

u, err := client.GetUser(ctx, uid)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error getting user %s: %v\n", uid, err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully fetched user data: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.GetUserAsync(uid);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully fetched user data: {userRecord.Uid}");

This method returns a UserRecord object for the user corresponding to the uid provided to the method.

If the provided uid does not belong to an existing user or the user cannot be fetched for any other reason, the above method throws an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Auth API Errors.

In some cases you will have a user's email instead of their uid. The Firebase Admin SDK supports looking up user information with an email:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .getUserByEmail(email)
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log(`Successfully fetched user data: ${userRecord.toJSON()}`);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error fetching user data:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getUserByEmail(email);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
System.out.println("Successfully fetched user data: " + userRecord.getEmail());

Python

from firebase_admin import auth

user = auth.get_user_by_email(email)
print('Successfully fetched user data: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

u, err := client.GetUserByEmail(ctx, email)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error getting user by email %s: %v\n", email, err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully fetched user data: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.GetUserByEmailAsync(email);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully fetched user data: {userRecord.Uid}");

This method returns a UserRecord object for the user corresponding to the email provided.

If the provided email does not belong to an existing user or the user cannot be fetched for any other reason, the Admin SDK throws an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

In other cases, you will have a user's phone number instead of their uid. The Firebase Admin SDK supports looking up user information with a phone number:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .getUserByPhoneNumber(phoneNumber)
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log(`Successfully fetched user data:  ${userRecord.toJSON()}`);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error fetching user data:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getUserByPhoneNumber(phoneNumber);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
System.out.println("Successfully fetched user data: " + userRecord.getPhoneNumber());

Python

from firebase_admin import auth

user = auth.get_user_by_phone_number(phone)
print('Successfully fetched user data: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

u, err := client.GetUserByPhoneNumber(ctx, phone)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error getting user by phone %s: %v\n", phone, err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully fetched user data: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.GetUserByPhoneNumberAsync(phoneNumber);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully fetched user data: {userRecord.Uid}");

This method returns a UserRecord object for the user corresponding to the phone number provided.

If the provided phone number does not belong to an existing user or the user cannot be fetched for any other reason, the Admin SDK throws an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Bulk retrieve user data

The Firebase Admin SDK also allows retrieving a list of users based on identifiers that you provide. You can identify users by their user ID, email, or phone number. A maximum of 100 identifiers can be supplied in a single call. Identifiers can contain a mix of types:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .getUsers([
    { uid: 'uid1' },
    { email: '[email protected]' },
    { phoneNumber: '+15555550003' },
    { providerId: 'google.com', providerUid: 'google_uid4' },
  ])
  .then((getUsersResult) => {
    console.log('Successfully fetched user data:');
    getUsersResult.users.forEach((userRecord) => {
      console.log(userRecord);
    });

    console.log('Unable to find users corresponding to these identifiers:');
    getUsersResult.notFound.forEach((userIdentifier) => {
      console.log(userIdentifier);
    });
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error fetching user data:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

GetUsersResult result = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getUsersAsync(Arrays.asList(
    new UidIdentifier("uid1"),
    new EmailIdentifier("[email protected]"),
    new PhoneIdentifier("+15555550003"),
    new ProviderIdentifier("google.com", "google_uid4"))).get();

System.out.println("Successfully fetched user data:");
for (UserRecord user : result.getUsers()) {
  System.out.println(user.getUid());
}

System.out.println("Unable to find users corresponding to these identifiers:");
for (UserIdentifier uid : result.getNotFound()) {
  System.out.println(uid);
}

Python

from firebase_admin import auth

result = auth.get_users([
    auth.UidIdentifier('uid1'),
    auth.EmailIdentifier('[email protected]'),
    auth.PhoneIdentifier(+15555550003),
    auth.ProviderIdentifier('google.com', 'google_uid4')
])

print('Successfully fetched user data:')
for user in result.users:
    print(user.uid)

print('Unable to find users corresponding to these identifiers:')
for uid in result.not_found:
    print(uid)

Go

getUsersResult, err := client.GetUsers(ctx, []auth.UserIdentifier{
	auth.UIDIdentifier{UID: "uid1"},
	auth.EmailIdentifier{Email: "[email protected]"},
	auth.PhoneIdentifier{PhoneNumber: "+15555551234"},
	auth.ProviderIdentifier{ProviderID: "google.com", ProviderUID: "google_uid1"},
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error retriving multiple users: %v\n", err)
}

log.Printf("Successfully fetched user data:")
for _, u := range getUsersResult.Users {
	log.Printf("%v", u)
}

log.Printf("Unable to find users corresponding to these identifiers:")
for _, id := range getUsersResult.NotFound {
	log.Printf("%v", id)
}

C#

GetUsersResult result = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.GetUsersAsync(
    new List<UserIdentifier>
    {
        new UidIdentifier("uid1"),
        new EmailIdentifier("[email protected]"),
        new PhoneIdentifier("+15555550003"),
        new ProviderIdentifier("google.com", "google_uid4"),
    });

Console.WriteLine("Successfully fetched user data:");
foreach (UserRecord user in result.Users)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"User: {user.Uid}");
}

Console.WriteLine("Unable to find users corresponding to these identifiers:");
foreach (UserIdentifier uid in result.NotFound)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{uid}");
}

This method returns a list the same size as the input list, with each entry containing either the corresponding UserRecord or an error indicating why that identifier was not able to be looked up. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Create a user

The Admin SDK provides a method that allows you to create a new Firebase Authentication user. This method accepts an object containing the profile information to include in the newly created user account:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .createUser({
    email: '[email protected]',
    emailVerified: false,
    phoneNumber: '+11234567890',
    password: 'secretPassword',
    displayName: 'John Doe',
    photoURL: 'http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png',
    disabled: false,
  })
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log('Successfully created new user:', userRecord.uid);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error creating new user:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

CreateRequest request = new CreateRequest()
    .setEmail("[email protected]")
    .setEmailVerified(false)
    .setPassword("secretPassword")
    .setPhoneNumber("+11234567890")
    .setDisplayName("John Doe")
    .setPhotoUrl("http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png")
    .setDisabled(false);

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().createUser(request);
System.out.println("Successfully created new user: " + userRecord.getUid());

Python

user = auth.create_user(
    email='[email protected]',
    email_verified=False,
    phone_number='+15555550100',
    password='secretPassword',
    display_name='John Doe',
    photo_url='http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png',
    disabled=False)
print('Sucessfully created new user: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

params := (&auth.UserToCreate{}).
	Email("[email protected]").
	EmailVerified(false).
	PhoneNumber("+15555550100").
	Password("secretPassword").
	DisplayName("John Doe").
	PhotoURL("http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png").
	Disabled(false)
u, err := client.CreateUser(ctx, params)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error creating user: %v\n", err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully created user: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecordArgs args = new UserRecordArgs()
{
    Email = "[email protected]",
    EmailVerified = false,
    PhoneNumber = "+11234567890",
    Password = "secretPassword",
    DisplayName = "John Doe",
    PhotoUrl = "http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png",
    Disabled = false,
};
UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.CreateUserAsync(args);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully created new user: {userRecord.Uid}");

By default, Firebase Authentication will generate a random uid for the new user. If you instead want to specify your own uid for the new user, you can include it as an argument passed to the user creation method:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .createUser({
    uid: 'some-uid',
    email: '[email protected]',
    phoneNumber: '+11234567890',
  })
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log('Successfully created new user:', userRecord.uid);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error creating new user:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

CreateRequest request = new CreateRequest()
    .setUid("some-uid")
    .setEmail("[email protected]")
    .setPhoneNumber("+11234567890");

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().createUser(request);
System.out.println("Successfully created new user: " + userRecord.getUid());

Python

user = auth.create_user(
    uid='some-uid', email='[email protected]', phone_number='+15555550100')
print('Sucessfully created new user: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

params := (&auth.UserToCreate{}).
	UID(uid).
	Email("[email protected]").
	PhoneNumber("+15555550100")
u, err := client.CreateUser(ctx, params)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error creating user: %v\n", err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully created user: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecordArgs args = new UserRecordArgs()
{
    Uid = "some-uid",
    Email = "[email protected]",
    PhoneNumber = "+11234567890",
};
UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.CreateUserAsync(args);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully created new user: {userRecord.Uid}");

Any combination of the following properties can be provided:

Table 1. Properties supported by the create user operation

Property Type Description
uid string The uid to assign to the newly created user. Must be a string between 1-128 characters long, inclusive. If not provided, a random uid will be automatically generated. Shorter uids offer better performance.
email string The user's primary email. Must be a valid email address.
emailVerified boolean Whether or not the user's primary email is verified. If not provided, the default is false.
phoneNumber string The user's primary phone number. Must be a valid E.164 spec compliant phone number.
password string The user's raw, unhashed password. Must be at least six characters long.
displayName string The users' display name.
photoURL string The user's photo URL.
disabled boolean Whether or not the user is disabled. true for disabled; false for enabled. If not provided, the default is false.

The user creation method returns a UserRecord object for the newly created user.

If the provided uid, email or phone number is already in use by an existing user or the user cannot be created for any other reason, the above method fails with an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Update a user

The Firebase Admin SDK facilitates modifying an existing user's data. You need to specify a uid along with the properties to update for that user:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .updateUser(uid, {
    email: '[email protected]',
    phoneNumber: '+11234567890',
    emailVerified: true,
    password: 'newPassword',
    displayName: 'Jane Doe',
    photoURL: 'http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png',
    disabled: true,
  })
  .then((userRecord) => {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
    console.log('Successfully updated user', userRecord.toJSON());
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error updating user:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

UpdateRequest request = new UpdateRequest(uid)
    .setEmail("[email protected]")
    .setPhoneNumber("+11234567890")
    .setEmailVerified(true)
    .setPassword("newPassword")
    .setDisplayName("Jane Doe")
    .setPhotoUrl("http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png")
    .setDisabled(true);

UserRecord userRecord = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().updateUser(request);
System.out.println("Successfully updated user: " + userRecord.getUid());

Python

user = auth.update_user(
    uid,
    email='[email protected]',
    phone_number='+15555550100',
    email_verified=True,
    password='newPassword',
    display_name='John Doe',
    photo_url='http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png',
    disabled=True)
print('Sucessfully updated user: {0}'.format(user.uid))

Go

params := (&auth.UserToUpdate{}).
	Email("[email protected]").
	EmailVerified(true).
	PhoneNumber("+15555550100").
	Password("newPassword").
	DisplayName("John Doe").
	PhotoURL("http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png").
	Disabled(true)
u, err := client.UpdateUser(ctx, uid, params)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error updating user: %v\n", err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully updated user: %v\n", u)
auth.go

C#

UserRecordArgs args = new UserRecordArgs()
{
    Uid = uid,
    Email = "[email protected]",
    PhoneNumber = "+11234567890",
    EmailVerified = true,
    Password = "newPassword",
    DisplayName = "Jane Doe",
    PhotoUrl = "http://www.example.com/12345678/photo.png",
    Disabled = true,
};
UserRecord userRecord = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.UpdateUserAsync(args);
// See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of userRecord.
Console.WriteLine($"Successfully updated user: {userRecord.Uid}");

Any combination of the following properties can be provided:

Table 2. Properties supported by the update user operation

Property Type Description
email string The user's new primary email. Must be a valid email address.
emailVerified boolean Whether or not the user's primary email is verified. If not provided, the default is false.
phoneNumber string The user's new primary phone number. Must be a valid E.164 spec compliant phone number. Set to null to clear the user's existing phone number.
password string The user's new raw, unhashed password. Must be at least six characters long.
displayName string | null The users' new display name. Set to null to clear the user's existing display name.
photoURL string | null The users' new photo URL. Set to null to clear the user's existing photo URL. If non-null, must be a valid URL.
disabled boolean Whether or not the user is disabled. true for disabled; false for enabled.

The update user method returns an updated UserRecord object when the update successfully completes.

If the provided uid does not correspond to an existing user, the provided email or phone number is already in use by an existing user, or the user cannot be updated for any other reason, the above method fails with an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Delete a user

The Firebase Admin SDK allows deleting existing users by their uid:

Node.js

getAuth()
  .deleteUser(uid)
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Successfully deleted user');
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error deleting user:', error);
  });
manage_users.js

Java

FirebaseAuth.getInstance().deleteUser(uid);
System.out.println("Successfully deleted user.");

Python

auth.delete_user(uid)
print('Successfully deleted user')

Go

err := client.DeleteUser(ctx, uid)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error deleting user: %v\n", err)
}
log.Printf("Successfully deleted user: %s\n", uid)
auth.go

C#

await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.DeleteUserAsync(uid);
Console.WriteLine("Successfully deleted user.");

The delete user method returns an empty result when the deletion completes successfully.

If the provided uid does not correspond to an existing user or the user cannot be deleted for any other reason, the delete user method throws an error. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Delete Multiple Users

The Firebase Admin SDK can also delete multiple users at once. However, note that using methods like deleteUsers(uids) to delete multiple users at once will not trigger onDelete() event handlers for Cloud Functions for Firebase. This is because batch delete does not trigger a user deletion event on each user. Delete users one at a time if you want user deletion events to fire for each deleted user.

Node.js

getAuth()
  .deleteUsers([uid1, uid2, uid3])
  .then((deleteUsersResult) => {
    console.log(`Successfully deleted ${deleteUsersResult.successCount} users`);
    console.log(`Failed to delete ${deleteUsersResult.failureCount} users`);
    deleteUsersResult.errors.forEach((err) => {
      console.log(err.error.toJSON());
    });
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error deleting users:', error);
  });

Java

DeleteUsersResult result = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().deleteUsersAsync(
    Arrays.asList("uid1", "uid2", "uid3")).get();

System.out.println("Successfully deleted " + result.getSuccessCount() + " users");
System.out.println("Failed to delete " + result.getFailureCount() + " users");
for (ErrorInfo error : result.getErrors()) {
  System.out.println("error #" + error.getIndex() + ", reason: " + error.getReason());
}

Python

from firebase_admin import auth

result = auth.delete_users(["uid1", "uid2", "uid3"])

print('Successfully deleted {0} users'.format(result.success_count))
print('Failed to delete {0} users'.format(result.failure_count))
for err in result.errors:
    print('error #{0}, reason: {1}'.format(result.index, result.reason))

Go

deleteUsersResult, err := client.DeleteUsers(ctx, []string{"uid1", "uid2", "uid3"})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("error deleting users: %v\n", err)
}

log.Printf("Successfully deleted %d users", deleteUsersResult.SuccessCount)
log.Printf("Failed to delete %d users", deleteUsersResult.FailureCount)
for _, err := range deleteUsersResult.Errors {
	log.Printf("%v", err)
}

C#

DeleteUsersResult result = await FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.DeleteUsersAsync(new List<string>
    {
        "uid1",
        "uid2",
        "uid3",
    });

Console.WriteLine($"Successfully deleted {result.SuccessCount} users.");
Console.WriteLine($"Failed to delete {result.FailureCount} users.");

foreach (ErrorInfo err in result.Errors)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Error #{err.Index}, reason: {err.Reason}");
}

The delete users method returns a list of failures for the users that were unable to be deleted. For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

List all users

The Firebase Admin SDK allows retrieving the entire list of users in batches:

Node.js

const listAllUsers = (nextPageToken) => {
  // List batch of users, 1000 at a time.
  getAuth()
    .listUsers(1000, nextPageToken)
    .then((listUsersResult) => {
      listUsersResult.users.forEach((userRecord) => {
        console.log('user', userRecord.toJSON());
      });
      if (listUsersResult.pageToken) {
        // List next batch of users.
        listAllUsers(listUsersResult.pageToken);
      }
    })
    .catch((error) => {
      console.log('Error listing users:', error);
    });
};
// Start listing users from the beginning, 1000 at a time.
listAllUsers();
manage_users.js

Java

// Start listing users from the beginning, 1000 at a time.
ListUsersPage page = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().listUsers(null);
while (page != null) {
  for (ExportedUserRecord user : page.getValues()) {
    System.out.println("User: " + user.getUid());
  }
  page = page.getNextPage();
}

// Iterate through all users. This will still retrieve users in batches,
// buffering no more than 1000 users in memory at a time.
page = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().listUsers(null);
for (ExportedUserRecord user : page.iterateAll()) {
  System.out.println("User: " + user.getUid());
}

Python

# Start listing users from the beginning, 1000 at a time.
page = auth.list_users()
while page:
    for user in page.users:
        print('User: ' + user.uid)
    # Get next batch of users.
    page = page.get_next_page()

# Iterate through all users. This will still retrieve users in batches,
# buffering no more than 1000 users in memory at a time.
for user in auth.list_users().iterate_all():
    print('User: ' + user.uid)

Go

// Note, behind the scenes, the Users() iterator will retrive 1000 Users at a time through the API
iter := client.Users(ctx, "")
for {
	user, err := iter.Next()
	if err == iterator.Done {
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("error listing users: %s\n", err)
	}
	log.Printf("read user user: %v\n", user)
}

// Iterating by pages 100 users at a time.
// Note that using both the Next() function on an iterator and the NextPage()
// on a Pager wrapping that same iterator will result in an error.
pager := iterator.NewPager(client.Users(ctx, ""), 100, "")
for {
	var users []*auth.ExportedUserRecord
	nextPageToken, err := pager.NextPage(&users)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("paging error %v\n", err)
	}
	for _, u := range users {
		log.Printf("read user user: %v\n", u)
	}
	if nextPageToken == "" {
		break
	}
}
auth.go

C#

// Start listing users from the beginning, 1000 at a time.
var pagedEnumerable = FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.ListUsersAsync(null);
var responses = pagedEnumerable.AsRawResponses().GetAsyncEnumerator();
while (await responses.MoveNextAsync())
{
    ExportedUserRecords response = responses.Current;
    foreach (ExportedUserRecord user in response.Users)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"User: {user.Uid}");
    }
}

// Iterate through all users. This will still retrieve users in batches,
// buffering no more than 1000 users in memory at a time.
var enumerator = FirebaseAuth.DefaultInstance.ListUsersAsync(null).GetAsyncEnumerator();
while (await enumerator.MoveNextAsync())
{
    ExportedUserRecord user = enumerator.Current;
    Console.WriteLine($"User: {user.Uid}");
}

Each batch of results contains a list of users and the next page token used to list the next batch of users. When all the users have already been listed, no pageToken is returned.

If no maxResults field is specified, the default 1000 users per batch is used. This is also the maximum number of users allowed to be listed at a time. Any value greater than the maximum will throw an argument error. If no pageToken is specified, the operation will list users from the beginning, ordered by uid.

For a full list of error codes, including descriptions and resolution steps, see Admin Authentication API Errors.

Password hashes of listed users

This API also returns the passwordSalt and passwordHash hashed by the Firebase Auth backend for password users if the user/service account used to generate the request OAuth access token has the firebaseauth.configs.getHashConfig permission. Otherwise the passwordHash and passwordSalt will not be set.

Due to the sensitive nature of password hashes, the Firebase Admin SDK service account does not have the firebaseauth.configs.getHashConfig permission by default. You can't add a permission directly to a user/service account, but you can do so indirectly by creating a custom IAM role.

To create the custom IAM role:

  1. Go to the Roles page in IAM & admin panel in the Google Cloud console.
  2. Select your project from the drop-down at the top of the page.
  3. Click CREATE ROLE
  4. Click ADD PERMISSIONS
  5. Search for firebaseauth.configs.getHashConfig permission and select that checkbox.
  6. Click ADD
  7. Click CREATE to finish creating the new role.

Add the created custom role to the user/service account in the IAM page:

  1. In the IAM & admin panel, select IAM
  2. Select the service or user account from the list of members for editing.
  3. Click ADD ANOTHER ROLE.
  4. Search for the new custom role previously created.
  5. Click SAVE.