API Bearer Auth vs Firebase Authentication

The API Bearer Auth plugin enables authentication for the REST API by using JWT access an refresh tokens. After the user logs in, the access and refresh tokens are returned and can be used for the next requests. Issued tokens can be revoked from within the users admin screen. See below for the endpoints. Note that after activating this plugin, all REST API endpoints will need to be authenticated, unless the endpoint is whitelisted in the api_bearer_auth_unauthenticated_urls filter (see FAQ for how to use this filter). JWT Access tokens can be formatted as JWT tokens. For this to work, you first have to create a secret and add it to the wp-config.php file. If you don’t do this, access tokens will work also, but are just random strings. To create a random secret key, you can do for example: base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(64)); And then add the result to wp-config: define('API_BEARER_JWT_SECRET', 'mysecretkey'); If you have problems, you can verify your JWT tokens at: https://jwt.io/ Revoke tokens This plugin adds a column to the users table in de admin where you can see when a token expires. You can also revoke tokens by selection the “Revoke API tokens” from the bulk actions select box. API endpoints Note that all endpoints expect JSON in the POST body. Login Endpoint: POST /api-bearer-auth/v1/login Request body: Note: client_name is optional. But if you use it, make sure to use it as well for the refresh call! {"username": "my_username", "password": "my_password", "client_name": "my_app"} Response: { "wp_user": { "data": { "ID": 1, "user_login": "your_user_login", // other default WordPress user fields } }, "access_token": "your_access_token", "expires_in": 86400, // number of seconds "refresh_token": "your_refresh_token" } Make sure to save the access and refresh token! Refresh access token Endpoint: POST /api-bearer-auth/v1/tokens/refresh Request body: Note: client_name is optional. But if you did use it for the login call, make sure to use it here as well! {"token": "your_refresh_token", "client_name": "my_app"} Response success: { "access_token": "your_new_access_token", "expires_in": 86400 } Response when sending a wrong refresh token is a 401: { "code": "api_api_bearer_auth_error_invalid_token", "message": "Invalid token.", "data": { "status": 401 } } Do a request After you have the access token, you can make requests to authenticated endpoints with an Authorization header like this: Authorization: Bearer Note that Apache sometimes strips out the Authorization header. If this is the case, make sure to add this to the .htaccess file: RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) # Don't know why, but some need the line below instead of the RewriteRule line # SetEnvIf Authorization .+ HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$0 RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1] If you are not logged in or you send an invalid access token, you get a 401 response: { "code": "api_bearer_auth_not_logged_in", "message": "You are not logged in.", "data": { "status": 401 } } Important update Update immediately if you’re using a version below 20200807. Before this version all access tokens were updated when calling the refresh callback. If you are affected by this the fastest solution is to execute this query: update wp_user_tokens set access_token_valid = NOW(); This will invalidate all access tokens. This means that all users need to refresh their access token and will get a new access token and a unique one this time. A big thank to @harchvertelol for reporting this and suggesting the fix as well!

WordPress Firebase Authentication Plugin allows you to login to WordPress sites using your Firebase user login credentials or via Social Login. WordPress Firebase Authentication works using the default WordPress login page. We support Firebase WooCommerce Integration and other third-party login pages along with custom login forms. Features WordPress Firebase Authentication : WordPress login using Firebase authentication user login credentials Auto Create Users : After login using Firebase login credentials, new user automatically gets created in WordPress Configurable login options : Provide option to login with, a) Only Firebase credentials b) Only WordPress credentials c) Both Firebase and WordPress credentials Auto Register WooCommerce Users to Firebase : Provide an option to sync a WordPress user to Firebase whenever an end-user registers into the WordPress site via the WooCommerce registration form. User is created in Firebase with only an email address and password. Support for Firebase Phone Authentication method : Users will be asked to enter OTP provided via Firebase to login into WordPress (Passwordless login). This works for WooCommerce as well. Support for Firebase Social Login : With Firebase authentication, users will be provided an option to login in to WordPress using selected social login providers Providers supported are: Google Facebook Apple Twitter Github Yahoo Microsoft Firebase WooCommerce Integration : Integrate WooCommerce with the WordPress Firebase Authentication plugin and allow users to log in to your WooCommerce site using firebase login credentials on WooCommerce Checkout and My account page. WordPress Firestore Integration: Sync WordPress User Meta to Cloud Firestore Collections, WooCommerce products, orders, subscription sync to Firebase database. Support for Social Login buttons Shortcode : Use a shortcode to place Firebase social login buttons anywhere in your Theme or Plugin Sync Firebase UID to WordPress : Users can map email, Firebase user-id to their WordPress user profile using this WordPress Firebase Authentication feature. Custom Redirect Login and Logout URL : Automatically Redirect users after successful login/logout. This works for WooCommerce as well. Support for Firebase Login and Registration form Shortcode : Using login form shortcode, users can enter their Firebase credentials to login into the WP site, and using the registration form shortcode, users can register into the WordPress site, and that user is also auto created in Firebase with an email address and password. WP Hooks for Different Events : WordPress Firebase authentication provides support for different hooks for user defined functions. WordPress login with Firebase JWT: WordPress login with Firebase JWT allows you to create a user login session on a WordPress site using their Firebase JWT token, eliminating the need to enter their login credentials again. This is highly recommended when there are multiple websites/applications and the user is already logged in to any of them.