Creating User with Email, password, display name and photoURL

Question

I'm creating an application with flutter and using firebase for authentication in data storage (possible more).

I have an auth onCreate cloud function which adds some user information to my realtime database whenever a user is created. But, I also want to set a displayName and photoURL when the user is created because if I update the profile info after, the onCreate won't be triggered. I also don't want users to be able to write to this part of the database.

Is there any method I can user to pass an displayName and photoURL when the user is created? Currently, I'm just creating the user with an email and password.

Thanks.

There is no way to create an email+password user and give them a display name and photo URL at the same time. It'll require at least two API calls. Stratubas' approach is the most common workaround. Also see stackoverflow.com/q/60405997, — Frank van Puffelen

Stratubas Stratubas · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-11T00:41:51

Instead of creating the users directly from the client, you can use a callable function to create users using the Admin SDK, which includes displayName and photoURL in its options.

Creating User with Email, password, display name and photoURL

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