How to set up your Firebase credentials

Introduction

For sending out Webpushes, we connect to Firebase as a service for delivering your pushes to the client. Therefore, it is necessary to have your individual Firebase credentials, which are needed to deliver Webpushes to your website later.

Step 1 - Create a new Firebase project

  • First, you need to navigate to https://firebase.google.com and login. If you do not have a Google account, you have to create one for you.

firebase login

  • Then create a new project.

  • In our example we name it: “My Website Push project”.

Google Analytics
=== You can activate Google Analytics in the next step but it is not needed for the Push. ===
firebase step1

Step 2 - Create a Web-App

After the setup is finished navigate to “Project overview” and “Settings”. There create a Web-App.

firebase step2

  • Here we name the Webapp for example: “My Website Webpush” Because the App is related to the Webpush functionality.

  • A Firebase Hosting is not neccesary.

Apps
=== In one Firebase project it is possible to have different Apps configured. ===
firebase webapp

  • Now you have done all the steps which are necessary and you only need to get the right credentials.

Step 3 - Get your credentials

  • Navigate to "Cloud Messaging".

  • Here you will find the "Firebase Server Key" and your "Firebase Sender ID".

This authentication method will deprecate toghether with the FCM legacy API in mid-2024. Please see step 4 to proceed with the most recent authorization method.
If You do not know which FCM API your push.delivery app is using, refer to this guide.
firebase key

  • Now navigate to “General” and into the Webapp that you created.

  • In your snippet you will find the other needed credentials:

    • apiKey

    • projectId

    • messagingSenderId

    • appId

firebase credentials

Step 4 - Get your Service Account Key File

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  • Navigate to "Service Accounts".

  • Here you will find the "Firebase Admin SDK".

firebase admin sdk

  • Select under "Snippet for Admin SDK-Configuration" Node.js.

  • Click on "Generate new private Key"

  • Download the generated JSON file

Step 5 - Insert the Service Account Key File into the ethinking push console

push.console

  • Open up the ethinking.push console

  • Navigate to your Android app

  • Open "Firebase Settings"

  • Place here the Service Account Key File

If you are migrating from Legacy and have already inserted a Server Key, the uploaded File will have priority over the Server Key. It is also still possible to insert the Legacy Server Key here.