@firebase-web-authn/api

@firebase-web-authn/api

A Firebase Extension for authentication with WebAuthn passkeys.

This package contains a Firebase Function that registers and authenticates WebAuthn passkeys, manages public key credentials in Firestore, and cleans up data if the user cancels the process or unlinks a passkey.

Firebase Extension deployment

See @firebase-web-authn/extension for simplified installation using firebase ext:install.

Custom deployment

If you would rather deploy the API from your existing Firebase Functions package,

1. Run:

% npm install @firebase-web-authn/api --save-dev

1. Export the API from your Firebase Functions package's main file by calling getFirebaseWebAuthnApi with a config object.

import { initializeApp }          from "firebase-admin/app";
import { HttpsFunction }          from "firebase-functions";
import { getFirebaseWebAuthnApi } from "@firebase-web-authn/api";


getApps().length === 0 && initializeApp();

export const firebaseWebAuthnAPI: HttpsFunction = getFirebaseWebAuthnApi({...});

// Other api...

interface FirebaseWebAuthnConfig {
  authenticatorAttachment: AuthenticatorAttachment,          // Preferred authenticator attachment modality. "cross-platform" allows security keys. "platform" allows passkey managers.
  relyingPartyName: string,                                  // Your app's display name in the passkey popup on some browsers.
  userVerificationRequirement?: UserVerificationRequirement, // Your app's user verification requirement. "preferred" is default.
}

1. Deploy your Firebase Functions:

% firebase deploy --only functions

Additional setup

1. The browser must reach FirebaseWebAuthn from the same domain as your website. Modify your firebase.json to include a rewrite on each app where you'd like to use passkeys:

   {
     "hosting": [
       {
         "target": "...",
         "rewrites": [
           {
             "source": "/firebase-web-authn-api",
             "function": "firebaseWebAuthnAPI"
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }
   

2. Set up these services in your Firebase project:
   • App Check
   • Authentication with the anonymous provider
   • Firestore Database
   • Functions
3. Grant the Cloud Datastore User and Service Account Token Creator roles to the App Engine default service account principal in Service accounts under App Engine default service account > Permissions.
4. Grant the Cloud Functions Invoker role to the allUsers principal in Cloud Functions under firebaseWebAuthnAPI > Permissions.

More packages

• @firebase-web-authn/extension
• @firebase-web-authn/browser
• @firebase-web-authn/server