Multiple "firebase login" per client account

Apologies if this was already raised. It would be nice for firebase login to not have to be client account wide (i.e. ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools.json). I use an OSX machine, and deploy to multiple firebase accounts. Switching users on OSX is a PITA (and disrupts communication apps). Logging in and out of firebase is also not ideal. Ideally, the config would be stored in the project root (and I’d just .gitignore it).

Let me know where to look at a high level and I’ll submit a PR. Or perhaps this already exists and I’m just using it wrong.

[atlanteh]

Hi all, I created a small cli helper that leverages login:ci to allow using multiple accounts on one machine. If you want, you’re welcome to use it, and I’d love for some feedback and ideas 😃 It’s called firebase-multi and it’s pretty easy to use:

1. Install this module globally by running yarn add -g firebase-multi or npm i -g firebase-multi
2. Run firebase login:ci and complete login flow until you get the firebase ci token in your terminal.
3. Run firebase-multi set <your-project> <firebase-ci-token>
4. Run in terminal/package.json script: firebase-multi use <your-project> firebase deploy (or any other firebase command that requires authentication)

All tokens are saved in ~/.config/configstore/firebase-multi.json

[bean5]

So I found a work-around on Linux (Ubuntu).

When you login (but before you log out), your auth tokens are stored in ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools.json.

For each company:

• rename that file to be firebase-tools-[companyName].json
• log into next company and repeat. If you copy the previous file instead of moving it, you’ll probably end up logging out, which will invalidate what you copied. So DOT NOT do that.

Then I added the following aliases to my profile:

alias context.firebase.company1="cp ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools-company1.json ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools.json"
alias context.firebase.company2="cp ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools-company2.json ~/.config/configstore/firebase-tools.json"

Not as elegant as I was hoping, but easier than learning the internals of the tool, proposing a PR, etc. Enjoy!

Tip: If you need to know which account you are currently using, just run firebase login. If your auth is valid, it’ll spit out the email address.