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How to connect to Firebase by Firebase Admin against
a proxy?
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Currently, I am using Firebase Admin SDK to connect a Firebase database in a NodeJS
server side application.
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But I do not find an option to connect Firebase via proxy settings, or it can detect my
system HTTP_PROXY environment variable.
When I run the node script by node [Link] , and got some timeout messages like this(I
know in my work network, I can not connect to Firebase directly).
Error: Credential implementation provided to initializeApp() via the
"credential
" property failed to fetch a valid Google OAuth2 access token with the
following
error: "connect ETIMEDOUT [Link]:443".
at ....erver\node_modules\firebase-adm
in\lib\[Link]:23
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
I also use browser to access the firebase console via proxy, it works.
But how to resolve this issue in NodeJS server side scripts?
[Link] firebase proxy firebase-realtime-database firebase-admin
Share Improve this question edited Jan 18, 2017 at 7:30 asked Jan 18, 2017 at 6:44
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It looks like the Admin [Link] SDK is not being properly initialized. Can you share your
initialization code ( [Link]() )? It's possible your proxy settings are blocking the
SDKs request to create a Google OAuth2 access token that is needed to communicate with
Firebase services. That request goes to
[Link] port 443. I'd check to make sure your
proxy settings aren't blocking those requests. – jwngr Jan 25, 2017 at 19:27
I have tried my codes in different environments, it works if the network can connect to
Firebase/Google. – Hantsy Jan 27, 2017 at 13:02
I am behind a proxy and unable to initialize the firebase, any help? – Madeyedexter Feb 24, 2017 at
16:49
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This error also happens if the date and time on your host machine where you run NodeJS
process is not set right. Make sure to keep the server time synced.
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The full error message: Error: Credential implementation provided to initializeApp()
via the "credential" property failed to fetch a valid Google OAuth2 access token
with the following error: "Error fetching access token: invalid_grant (Invalid
JWT: Token must be a short-lived token and in a reasonable timeframe)". The most
likely cause of this error is using a certificate key file which has been revoked.
Make sure the key ID for your key file is still present at
[Link] If not,
generatea new key file at
[Link]
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ElectroBuddha
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For me, it actually says: "To solve (1), re-sync the time on your server." – Domi Aug 10, 2017 at
14:06
@electrobuddha My error is very different from Electrobuddha, obviously there is a timeout in my
error, because we can not connect to any google service in China, we have to use a Proxy to
resolve this. Electrobuddha's answer is highly voted, but it is really not related to my question,
please remove it . – Hantsy Jan 26, 2018 at 6:35
@Garbit Read carefully about my question and my comment, this answer is not related to my
question. – Hantsy Jan 26, 2018 at 6:41
Faced with the exact same problem yesterday, got it solved.
Let's get it straight, you are getting this error because Google services are banned in your
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region, therefore you should access firebase through a proxy. Here's a blog explaining
how it is done.
For this specific case, you should
1. Prepare a proxy server that allows you to access Google services, then
2. Install the https-proxy-agent package through npm or yarn, then
3. Include the proxy in your firebase app initilization code like this
import HttpsProxyAgent from 'https-proxy-agent';
import * as admin from 'firebase-admin';
...
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent('url to your proxy server');
[Link]({
credential: [Link](agent),
// Or any function you would like to use to provide your application's
credentials
// But remember to include the proxy agent in the parameter
httpAgent: agent
});
But remember not to commit this change into your repo, since this problem appears
specifically in regions without access to Google services.
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