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Chris Krogh
Chris Krogh

Reputation: 344

Firebase Error: code: "auth/user-not-found"

I have a user which currently exists in Firebase, however I have written JS code to getUser which does not run.

const admin = require('firebase-admin');

module.exports = function(req, res) {
  const UID = String(req.body.uid);
  const YOB = String(req.body.YOB);
  const gender = String(req.body.gender);
  const salary = String(req.body.salary);
  const hoursWorked = String(req.body.hoursWorked);

  admin.auth().getUser(UID)
    .then(userRecord => {
      admin.database().ref('users/' + UID)
        .update({
            YOB: YOB,
            gender: gender,
            salary: salary,
            hoursWorked: hoursWorked
          },
          () => {
            res.send({
              success: true
            });
          });
    })
    .catch((err) => {
      res.status(422).send({
        error: err
      });
    });
}

I'm using Postman to send the request with JSON data as follows:

{
  "UID": "JjeSOpY159Pv0qonNNp200qu7wY2",
  "YOB": "1985",
  "gender": "Female",
  "salary": "20.2",
  "hoursWorked": "8"
}

Firebase:

firebase dashboard

I know that I have a stable connection to firebase because I can create users using the following code:

    const admin = require('firebase-admin');

    module.exports = function(req, res) {
        admin.auth().createUser({})
            .then(user => res.send(user))
            .catch(err => res.status(422).send({ error: err}));
    }

Does anyone have any ideas as to why that error could occur?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2036

Answers (1)

Gaurang Tandon
Gaurang Tandon

Reputation: 6761

I faced this issue when running the Firebase Backend in a local emualtor. The command I was using was firebase emulators:start --project <project-id>. This command runs the Functions locally, but also runs the Authentication locally. The local auth caused a mismatch between what I saw on the Firebase console vs what was available locally.

To fix the issue, I needed to run only Functions locally, using this command:

firebase emulators:start --project <project-id> --only functions

Upvotes: 0

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