How do I detect if a user is already logged in Firebase?

I'm using the firebase node api in my javascript files for Google login.

firebase.initializeApp(config);
let provider = new firebase.auth.GoogleAuthProvider();
firebase.auth().signInWithPopup(provider);

This works fine and the user is able to login with his Google credentials. When the user visits the page again, the popup opens again but since he has already logged in, the popup closes without requiring any interaction from the user. Is there any way to check if there is already a logged in user before prompting the popup?

Solution 1:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/web/manage-users

You have to add an auth state change observer.

firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function(user) {
  if (user) {
    // User is signed in.
  } else {
    // No user is signed in.
  }
});

Solution 2:

You can also check if there is a currentUser

var user = firebase.auth().currentUser;

if (user) {
  // User is signed in.
} else {
  // No user is signed in.
}

Solution 3:

It is not possible to tell whether a user will be signed when a page starts loading, there is a work around though.

You can memorize last auth state to localStorage to persist it between sessions and between tabs.

Then, when page starts loading, you can optimistically assume the user will be re-signed in automatically and postpone the dialog until you can be sure (ie after onAuthStateChanged fires). Otherwise, if the localStorage key is empty, you can show the dialog right away.

The firebase onAuthStateChanged event will fire roughly 2 seconds after a page load.

// User signed out in previous session, show dialog immediately because there will be no auto-login
if (!localStorage.getItem('myPage.expectSignIn')) showDialog() // or redirect to sign-in page

firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(user => {
  if (user) {
    // User just signed in, we should not display dialog next time because of firebase auto-login
    localStorage.setItem('myPage.expectSignIn', '1')
  } else {
    // User just signed-out or auto-login failed, we will show sign-in form immediately the next time he loads the page
    localStorage.removeItem('myPage.expectSignIn')

    // Here implement logic to trigger the login dialog or redirect to sign-in page, if necessary. Don't redirect if dialog is already visible.
    // e.g. showDialog()
  }
})

<Router>
  <Switch>
    <PrivateRoute
      exact path={routes.DASHBOARD}
      component={pages.Dashboard}
    />
...

And this is how my PrivateRoute is implemented:

export default function PrivateRoute(props) {
  return firebase.auth().currentUser != null
    ? <Route {...props}/>
    : localStorage.getItem('myPage.expectSignIn')
      // if user is expected to sign in automatically, display Spinner, otherwise redirect to login page.
      ? <Spinner centered size={400}/>
      : (
        <>
          Redirecting to sign in page.
          { location.replace(`/login?from=${props.path}`) }
        </>
      )
}

    // Using router Redirect instead of location.replace
    // <Redirect
    //   from={props.path}
    //   to={{pathname: routes.SIGN_IN, state: {from: props.path}}}
    // />