Firebase / Angularfire 0.9 - Create new user and profile

angularfire, angularjs, firebase, javascript

Solution

In 0.9.1, the uid will be returned with the promise. For example:

var FIREBASEURL = "https://<my-firebase>.firebaseio.com"

var ref = new Firebase(FIREBASEURL);
$rootScope.authObj = $firebaseAuth(ref);

var newUser = {
  email: "email@email.com",
  password: "password",
  displayName: "Display Name",
  favFood: "Food"
};

$rootScope.authObj.$createUser(newUser.email, newUser.password).then(function(authData) {
  console.log(authData.uid); //should log new uid.
  return createProfile(newUser, authData);
});


function createProfile(authData, user){         
  var profileRef = $firebase(ref.child('profile'));
  return profileRef.$set(authData.uid, user);
};

That should get you going. The key is to pass the returned promise (authData in my example) to the follow-on function.

In 0.9.0, it is necessary to call an authentication method in order to obtain the user's uid.

Problem

To create a new user in Angularfire 0.9 I can use the $firebaseAuth service and the $createUser method. However from what I can tell this method does not return any of the new users credentials. So if I want to add profile to that user what is the best way to retrieve that users Auth Data, specifically the "uid", so I can save the profile data for my new user. Below is an example of what I am trying to do ``` var FIREBASEURL = "https://<my-firebase>.firebaseio.com" var ref = new Firebase(FIREBASEURL); $rootScope.authObj = $firebaseAuth(ref); var newUser = { email: "email@email.com", password: "password", displayName: "Display Name", favFood: "Food" }; $rootScope.authObj.$createUser(newUser.email, newUser.password).then(function() { console.log("User created successfully!"); // Retrieve new Auth Data specifically uid var newAuthData = ?????????? // Remove password from object and create user profile delete newUser.password; newUser.timestamp = Firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP; var userRef = new Firebase(FIREBASEURL + '/users/'); userRef.child( newAuthData.uid ).set(newUser); }).catch(function(error) { console.error("Error: ", error); }); ```

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