Flutter - Get Firebase custom claims while writing Firebase user to own user instance - firebase

Question

I am trying to implement the example given at How do I access custom claims? to my existing code.
I have a Stream which listens to auth changes and updates my own user object with the responded Firebase user. When I store my user object, I would like to get the custom claims of that user as well.
The problem is in _userFromFirebaseUser.
It says "The await expression can only be used in an async function.
Try marking the function body with either 'async' or 'async*'."
But when I do so, the error is hops to my stream where it then says "The argument type 'Future Function(User)' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'User Function(User)'." for "_userFromFirebaseUser" in
// auth change user stream
Stream<local.User> get user {
return _auth.authStateChanges().map(_userFromFirebaseUser);
}
Here is my complete authentication class:
import 'package:<my-pckg>/models/user.dart' as local;
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart' as auth;
import 'package:<my-pckg>/services/database.dart';
//import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
class AuthService {
final auth.FirebaseAuth _auth = auth.FirebaseAuth.instance;
// create user obj based on firebase user
local.User _userFromFirebaseUser(auth.User user) {
final isAdmin = (await _currentUserClaims)['admin'] == true;
return user != null
? local.User(
uid: user.uid,
email: user.email,
displayName: user.displayName,
isAdmin: isAdmin)
: null;
}
// auth change user stream
Stream<local.User> get user {
return _auth.authStateChanges().map(_userFromFirebaseUser);
}
// sign in anon
Future signInAnon() async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.signInAnonymously();
auth.User user = result.user;
return _userFromFirebaseUser(user);
} catch (e) {
print(e.toString());
return null;
}
}
// sign in with email and password
Future signInWithEmailAndPassword(String email, String password) async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(
email: email, password: password);
auth.User user = result.user;
print('Successfully logged in, User UID: ${user.uid}');
return user;
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
// register with email and password
Future registerWithEmailAndPassword(String email, String password) async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(
email: email, password: password);
auth.User user = result.user;
// create a new document for the user with the uid
await DatabaseService(uid: user.uid).updateUserData(null);
print('Successfully registered, User UID: ${user.uid}');
return _userFromFirebaseUser(user);
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
// sign out
Future signOut() async {
try {
print('User signed out');
return await _auth.signOut();
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
Future<Map<dynamic, dynamic>> get _currentUserClaims async {
final user = _auth.currentUser;
// If refresh is set to true, a refresh of the id token is forced.
final idTokenResult = await user.getIdTokenResult(true);
return idTokenResult.claims;
}
}
Am I heading into the wrong direction? Is there anything obvious, that I simply do not consider?
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

For those, heading into the same problem, I found the solution after further research:
You will have to change the .map to .asyncMap.
Here is the code, which works for me:
import 'package:<my-pckg>/models/user.dart' as local;
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart' as auth;
import 'package:<my-pckg>/services/database.dart';
//import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
class AuthService {
final auth.FirebaseAuth _auth = auth.FirebaseAuth.instance;
// create user obj based on firebase user
Future<local.User> _userFromFirebaseUser(auth.User user) async {
final isAdmin = (await _userClaims)['admin'] == true;
return user != null
? local.User(
uid: user.uid,
email: user.email,
displayName: user.displayName,
isAdmin: isAdmin)
: null;
}
// auth change user stream
Stream<local.User> get user {
return _auth.authStateChanges().asyncMap(_userFromFirebaseUser);
}
// sign in anon
Future signInAnon() async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.signInAnonymously();
auth.User user = result.user;
return _userFromFirebaseUser(user);
} catch (e) {
print(e.toString());
return null;
}
}
// sign in with email and password
Future signInWithEmailAndPassword(String email, String password) async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(
email: email, password: password);
auth.User user = result.user;
print('Successfully logged in, User UID: ${user.uid}');
return user;
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
// register with email and password
Future registerWithEmailAndPassword(String email, String password) async {
try {
auth.UserCredential result = await _auth.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(
email: email, password: password);
auth.User user = result.user;
// create a new document for the user with the uid
await DatabaseService(uid: user.uid).updateUserData(null);
print('Successfully registered, User UID: ${user.uid}');
return _userFromFirebaseUser(user);
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
// sign out
Future signOut() async {
try {
print('User signed out');
return await _auth.signOut();
} catch (error) {
print(error.toString());
return null;
}
}
Future<Map<dynamic, dynamic>> get _userClaims async {
final user = _auth.currentUser;
// If refresh is set to true, a refresh of the id token is forced.
final idTokenResult = await user.getIdTokenResult(true);
return idTokenResult.claims;
}
}
Found here: In flutter, how can I "merge" Firebase onAuthStateChanged with user.getTokenId() to return a Stream?