Firebase: ...node_modules\firebase\app\dist\app\index has no exported member 'User'

Question

I just upgraded my firebase+angularfire package from 7 to 9 after I upgraded to angular 13, adapted some stuff to use the @angular/fire/compat/* import path.

But I've several places where I was using the firebase.User, by example, to initialize a profile based on a firebase.User:

private createProfile(user: firebase.User | null): UserProfile | null {
    if (!user) {
      return null;
    }
    return {
      displayName: user.displayName ?? '',
      email: user.email ?? '',
      photoURL: user.photoURL ?? '',
      uid: user.uid,
      userIncomplete: !user.displayName || !user.email || !user.photoURL,
    };
  }

But now it doesn't find the firebase.User:

Error: src/app/auth/state/auth.service.ts:60:40 - error TS2694: Namespace '"/node_modules/firebase/app/dist/app/index"' has no exported member 'User'.

60   private createProfile(user: firebase.User | null): UserProfile | null {

Any idea where I can import this User from?

Answer 1

You just need to add:

import firebase from 'firebase/compat/app';