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Mark Herscher
Mark Herscher

Reputation: 1810

Can Firebase be used without clients logging in?

I am working on a project that might use Firebase only for messaging. The goal is for the following to happen:

  1. App registers with Firebase on startup
  2. App sends Firebase token to our server
  3. Our server sends Firebase messages to all clients via the token from step 2

Note there is no step where the user will log into anything or enter any credentials. I am a little confused if this is possible in a production app, as most Firebase documentation talks extensively about different ways to authenticate, either via username/password, OAuth, etc.

The server will be sending different messages to different clients, but that logic will be handled by the server and not by different types of registration to Firebase. I know Firebase supports groups, but to make a long story short it probably won't be leveraged.

Can all this be done on Firebase? Is GCM a better match for these requirements? I feel like we would be throwing away 95% of Firebase and just trying to force it to simplify the messaging part.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (1)

Doug Stevenson
Doug Stevenson

Reputation: 317828

Firebase Authentication does not at all affect the way that Firebase Cloud Messaging works. FCM only cares about the token for the app on the device as a means to target the app for messages. It doesn't care at all if the end user is authenticated by any means. If you want to associate a token to a user somehow, using Firebase Authentication or some other system, that's up to you.

FCM is an evolution of GCM. They are powered by essentially the same components. Using GCM doesn't give you any additional constraints or flexibility than FCM, except for the path to integration in your app.

Upvotes: 2

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