@firebase/app

@firebase/app

This is the primary entrypoint to the Firebase JS SDK. All apps using firebase will need this package. Other @firebase packages are typically mounted on to the namespaces exposed by this package.

Installation

You can install this package by running the following in your project:

$ npm install @firebase/app

Usage

You can then use the firebase namespace exposed by this package as illustrated below:

ES Modules

Referencing the firebase export:

import { firebase } from '@firebase/app';

// Do stuff w/ `firebase`

Referencing the default export:

import firebase from '@firebase/app';

// Do stuff w/ `firebase`

CommonJS Modules

const firebase = require('@firebase/app').default;

// Do stuff with `firebase`

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation please see the Firebase Reference Docs.

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