fix(auth): Use 'owner' token when communicating with Auth emulator

src/auth/auth-api-request.ts

@@ -143,10 +143,9 @@ class AuthResourceUrlBuilder {
    * @constructor
    */
   constructor(protected app: FirebaseApp, protected version: string = 'v1') {
-    const emulatorHost = process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST;
-    if (emulatorHost) {
+    if (useEmulator()) {
       this.urlFormat = utils.formatString(FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_BASE_URL_FORMAT, {
-        host: emulatorHost
+        host: emulatorHost()
       });
     } else {
       this.urlFormat = FIREBASE_AUTH_BASE_URL_FORMAT;
@@ -210,10 +209,9 @@ class TenantAwareAuthResourceUrlBuilder extends AuthResourceUrlBuilder {
    */
   constructor(protected app: FirebaseApp, protected version: string, protected tenantId: string) {
     super(app, version);
-    const emulatorHost = process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST
-    if (emulatorHost) {
+    if (useEmulator()) {
       this.urlFormat = utils.formatString(FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_TENANT_URL_FORMAT, {
-        host: emulatorHost
+        host: emulatorHost()
       });
     } else {
       this.urlFormat = FIREBASE_AUTH_TENANT_URL_FORMAT;
@@ -236,6 +234,21 @@ class TenantAwareAuthResourceUrlBuilder extends AuthResourceUrlBuilder {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Auth-specific HTTP client which uses the special "owner" token
+ * when communicating with the Auth Emulator.
+ */
+class AuthHttpClient extends AuthorizedHttpClient {
+
+  protected getToken(): Promise<string> {
+    if (useEmulator()) {
+      return Promise.resolve('owner');
+    }
+
+    return super.getToken();
+  }
+
+}
 
 /**
  * Validates an AuthFactorInfo object. All unsupported parameters
@@ -991,7 +1004,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractAuthRequestHandler {
       );
     }
 
-    this.httpClient = new AuthorizedHttpClient(app);
+    this.httpClient = new AuthHttpClient(app);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -2095,3 +2108,19 @@ export class TenantAwareAuthRequestHandler extends AbstractAuthRequestHandler {
     return super.uploadAccount(users, options);
   }
 }
+
+function emulatorHost(): string | undefined {
+  return process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST
+}
+
+/**
+ * When true the SDK should communicate with the Auth Emulator for all API
+ * calls and also produce unsigned tokens.
+ *
+ * This alone does <b>NOT<b> short-circuit ID Token verification.
+ * For security reasons that must be explicitly disabled through
+ * setJwtVerificationEnabled(false);
+ */
+export function useEmulator(): boolean {
+  return !!emulatorHost();
+}

src/auth/auth.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 import { FirebaseApp } from '../firebase-app';
 import { FirebaseTokenGenerator, EmulatedSigner, cryptoSignerFromApp } from './token-generator';
 import {
-  AbstractAuthRequestHandler, AuthRequestHandler, TenantAwareAuthRequestHandler,
+  AbstractAuthRequestHandler, AuthRequestHandler, TenantAwareAuthRequestHandler, useEmulator,
 } from './auth-api-request';
 import { AuthClientErrorCode, FirebaseAuthError, ErrorInfo } from '../utils/error';
 import { FirebaseServiceInterface, FirebaseServiceInternalsInterface } from '../firebase-service';
@@ -850,15 +850,3 @@ export class Auth extends BaseAuth<AuthRequestHandler>
     return this.tenantManager_;
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * When true the SDK should communicate with the Auth Emulator for all API
- * calls and also produce unsigned tokens.
- *
- * This alone does <b>NOT<b> short-circuit ID Token verification.
- * For security reasons that must be explicitly disabled through
- * setJwtVerificationEnabled(false);
- */
-function useEmulator(): boolean {
-  return !!process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST;
-}

src/utils/api-request.ts

@@ -814,18 +814,25 @@ export class AuthorizedHttpClient extends HttpClient {
   }
 
   public send(request: HttpRequestConfig): Promise<HttpResponse> {
-    return this.app.INTERNAL.getToken().then((accessTokenObj) => {
+    return this.getToken().then((token) => {
       const requestCopy = Object.assign({}, request);
       requestCopy.headers = Object.assign({}, request.headers);
       const authHeader = 'Authorization';
-      requestCopy.headers[authHeader] = `Bearer ${accessTokenObj.accessToken}`;
+      requestCopy.headers[authHeader] = `Bearer ${token}`;
 
       if (!requestCopy.httpAgent && this.app.options.httpAgent) {
         requestCopy.httpAgent = this.app.options.httpAgent;
       }
       return super.send(requestCopy);
     });
   }
+
+  protected getToken(): Promise<string> {
+    return this.app.INTERNAL.getToken()
+      .then((accessTokenObj) => {
+        return accessTokenObj.accessToken;
+      });
+  }
 }
 
 /**

test/unit/auth/auth-api-request.spec.ts

@@ -865,6 +865,10 @@ AUTH_REQUEST_HANDLER_TESTS.forEach((handler) => {
       'X-Client-Version': `Node/Admin/${getSdkVersion()}`,
       'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + mockAccessToken,
     };
+    const expectedHeadersEmulator: {[key: string]: string} = {
+      'X-Client-Version': `Node/Admin/${getSdkVersion()}`,
+      'Authorization': 'Bearer owner',
+    };
     const callParams = (path: string, method: any, data: any): HttpRequestConfig => {
       return {
         method,
@@ -902,6 +906,59 @@ AUTH_REQUEST_HANDLER_TESTS.forEach((handler) => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('Emulator Support', () => {
+      const method = 'POST';
+      const path = handler.path('v1', '/accounts:lookup', 'project_id');
+      const expectedResult = utils.responseFrom({
+        users : [
+          { localId: 'uid' },
+        ],
+      });
+      const data = { localId: ['uid'] };
+
+      after(() => {
+        delete process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST;
+      })
+
+      it('should call a prod URL with a real token when emulator is not running', () => {
+        const stub = sinon.stub(HttpClient.prototype, 'send').resolves(expectedResult);
+        stubs.push(stub);
+
+        const requestHandler = handler.init(mockApp);
+
+        return requestHandler.getAccountInfoByUid('uid')
+          .then(() => {
+            expect(stub).to.have.been.calledOnce.and.calledWith({
+              method,
+              url: `https://${host}${path}`,
+              data,
+              headers: expectedHeaders,
+              timeout,
+            });          
+          });
+      });
+
+      it('should call a local URL with a mock token when the emulator is running', () => {
+        const emulatorHost = 'localhost:9099';
+        process.env.FIREBASE_AUTH_EMULATOR_HOST = emulatorHost;
+
+        const stub = sinon.stub(HttpClient.prototype, 'send').resolves(expectedResult);
+        stubs.push(stub);
+
+        const requestHandler = handler.init(mockApp);
+        return requestHandler.getAccountInfoByUid('uid')
+          .then(() => {
+            expect(stub).to.have.been.calledOnce.and.calledWith({
+              method,
+              url: `http://${emulatorHost}/identitytoolkit.googleapis.com${path}`,
+              data,
+              headers: expectedHeadersEmulator,
+              timeout,
+            });          
+          });
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('createSessionCookie', () => {
       const durationInMs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
       const path = handler.path('v1', ':createSessionCookie', 'project_id');