How to update an user as admin in Firebase

Question

I've a web application and I want, as the Admin user, to be able to update the information like displayName and photoURL of other users with Firebase authentication.

Typically if we want to update the user information we use firebase.User.updateProfile() but that just works for the current user, and, as I've mentioned before, I'm logged in with an admin account and I want to update other users' profiles.

My question is: Is there a function to which you can pass the uid and the information of an user to be updated?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can do so with the Firebase Admin SDK:

admin.auth().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(function(userRecord) {
    // See the UserRecord reference doc for the contents of `userRecord`.
    console.log("Successfully updated user", userRecord.toJSON());
  })
    .catch(function(error) {
      console.log("Error updating user:", error);
    });