React - Firebase - GoogleAuthProvider is not a constructor

Question

I am trying to create a React application that uses a "Login with Google" button to trigger signInWithPopup(provider). However each time I call new firebaseApp.auth.GoogleAuthProvider() my console returns an error. I am simply trying to console.log() the result.

error

Uncaught TypeError: _firebase_setup2.default.auth.GoogleAuthProvider is not a constructor

firebase_setup.js

import * as firebase from 'firebase';

const firebaseConfig = {
  apiKey: "AIzaSyAKlWtFZvbvuNy2qC68Xt5xzaTQVyy9l2o",
  authDomain: "doordash-ff045.firebaseapp.com",
  databaseURL: "https://doordash-ff045.firebaseio.com",
  storageBucket: "doordash-ff045.appspot.com",
};

const firebaseApp = firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig);

export default firebaseApp;

login.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { browserHistory } from 'react-router';
import firebaseApp from '../../../services/firebase_setup';

export default class Login extends Component {

  componentDidMount() {
    firebaseApp.auth().onAuthStateChanged(user => {
      if (user) {
        console.log(user);
        browserHistory.push('/profile');
      }
    });
  }

  authenticate() {
    var provider = new firebaseApp.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();
    provider.addScope('profile');
    provider.addScope('email');

    firebaseApp.auth().signInWithPopup(provider)
      .then(result => {
        console.log(result);
      })
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <h1>Login Page</h1>
        <button onClick={this.authenticate.bind(this)}>
          Login with Google
        </button>
      </div>

    );
  }
}

I would appreciate any insight into this issue! I have looked up numerous tutorials but always run into the same error when attempting to declare the provider variable.

Answer 1

You're mixing namespaces with instance: the firebaseApp is just a container for configuration data. It is not how you create a provider instance.

The proper way is:

var provider = new firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();

Answer 2

I ran into this "not a constructor" problem and some other errors as well. I was doing something like this:

var googleProvider = new myApp.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();

When it should have been

var googleProvider = new firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();

I was also initializing my app with a name like this:

var myApp = firebase.initializeApp(appConfig, "App");

Which didn't initialize a DEFAULT app & gave me more errors. I should have done this (since I only have one app)

var myApp = firebase.initializeApp(appConfig);