AngularFire with token authentication on Node backend server

1. Run these commands to add the project locally:

$ git clone https://github.com/LukeSchlangen/nodeFire
$ cd nodeFire
$ npm install

2. Create a free Firebase account at https://firebase.google.com

3. Create a project from your Firebase account console

4. Add a connection to firebase on your front end

5. Click the “Add Firebase to your web app” icon

6. Copy the contents WITHOUT SCRIPT TAGS or the CDN from the resulting popup into public/config.js. It should look like this:

```javascript
  // Initialize Firebase
  var config = {
    apiKey: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    authDomain: "XXXXXXXXXXXX.firebaseapp.com",
    databaseURL: "https://XXXXXXXXXXXX.firebaseio.com",
    storageBucket: "XXXXXXXXXXXX.appspot.com",
    messagingSenderId: "XXXXXXXXXX"
  };
  firebase.initializeApp(config);
```

5. Add a firebase service account to you node project
6. Navigate to the Service Accounts tab in your project's settings page.
7. Select your Firebase project.
8. Copy your databaseURL from the Admin SDK configuration snippet. The line you need will look like this: databaseURL: "https://XXXXXXXXX.firebaseio.com".
9. Navigate to the server/modules/decoder.js file in the node project and replace the databaseURL. Only replace that line. It is inside of the admin.initializeApp:

```javascript
admin.initializeApp({
  credential: admin.credential.cert("./server/firebase-service-account.json"),
  databaseURL: "https://XXXXXXXXX.firebaseio.com" // replace this line with your URL
});
```

5. Return to firebase Service Accounts. Navigate to your project again if you have left it.

6. Click the Generate New Private Key button at the bottom of the Firebase Admin SDK section of the Service Accounts tab.

7. Rename the new JSON file to firebase-service-account.json and save it in the server folder of your application.

8. Return to Firebase console. Configure Google as an authentication provider for your Firebase project.

9. In the Firebase console for your project (you may already be there from the previous step), click "Authentication" in left panel

10. Click "Set Up Sign-In Method" button

11. Select "Google"

12. Click the "edit" icon

13. Toggle Google to on

14. Run npm start to run your application on localhost:5000

##Contributing

1. The repository is open to contribution from all interested developers. Kindly send us Pull Requests with explanation as to what changes you have done.
2. Also, you can write to us by opening an Issue and also solve a current issue if possible.

##License

1. The software is registered under the MIT License