morristech
3/14/2019 - 7:09 AM

A simple Interceptor to include a Firebase user's id token in all requests. Useful for authenticating Firebase users with a custom backend.

A simple Interceptor to include a Firebase user's id token in all requests. Useful for authenticating Firebase users with a custom backend. See: https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/admin/verify-id-tokens#retrieve_id_tokens_on_clients)

FirebaseUserIdTokenInterceptor.java
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public class FirebaseUserIdTokenInterceptor implements Interceptor {

    // Custom header for passing ID token in request.
    private static final String X_FIREBASE_ID_TOKEN = "YOUR-CUSTOM-HEADER";

    @Override
    public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
        Request request = chain.request();

        try {
            FirebaseUser user = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
            if (user == null) {
                throw new Exception("User is not logged in.");
            } else {
                Task<GetTokenResult> task = user.getToken(true);
                GetTokenResult tokenResult = Tasks.await(task);
                String idToken = tokenResult.getToken();

                if (idToken == null) {
                    throw new Exception("idToken is null");
                } else {
                    Request modifiedRequest = request.newBuilder()
                            .addHeader(X_FIREBASE_ID_TOKEN, idToken)
                            .build();
                    return chain.proceed(modifiedRequest);
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}