Firebase creating extra user data upon account creation

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I am using Firebase with Angular 2 to create new users. I would like to extend this by adding additional data for each newly created user. In this example, I would like to have every newly created user start with an assigned property of net worth = 5000. So my schema would look something like:

email | ''
password | ''
net worth | '5000'

Having gone through the Firebase docs, I have found the save data feature. However, I am unsure how to merge the set feature with my username and password authentication script.

Below is the basic signup script.

signup(){
     firebase.auth().createUserWithEmailAndPassword('[email protected]', 'ucantcme')
     .catch(function(error){
     console.log(error);
});}

I would like to know how to implement the set feature with this signup so I can add default data for users.

Libu Mathew · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-27 05:01:21Z

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You can't save 'net_worth' in the auth area. For that you need a seperate table in the database . For example 'users'. Check the below code.

After user creation you get UID. Using that UID store the related data into the database.

firebase.auth().createUserWithEmailAndPassword('[email protected]', 'ucantcme')
   .then(function(response) {
      console.log(response.uid); // Created user UID

      var updates = {};
      updates['/users/' + response.uid] = { net_worth : 5000 };
      firebase.database().ref().update(updates);
});

Here 'users' is a new table.

answered Sep 27, 2016 at 5:01

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Satanand Tiwari Over a year ago

Property 'uid' does not exist on type 'void | UserCredential'. Property 'uid' does not exist on type 'void'.ts(2339)

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