Example of saving data to firebase database REST API with auth token

Question

I managed to use the REST APIs for Firebase Realtime database to write some data to my database but I'm doing with this with no authentication turned on.

curl -X PUT -d '{ "test": "blah" }' 'https://<project>.firebaseio.com/stuff.json'

I'm trying to change my auth rule to be

".write": "auth != null"

but I can't figure out how to generate an auth token to use in:

https://<project>.firebaseio.com/stuff.json?auth=<some token>

I'm doing this from a server, so I don't want to use a user's token.

See https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/admin/create-custom-tokens — Frank van Puffelen, Nov 12 '16 at 15:52
I tried that already but I need an ID token, not a custom token. When I use a custom token, the server responds with an error saying: Expected an ID token, but was given a custom token. — ajma, Nov 13 '16 at 06:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '16 at 23:37

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I ended up using the Database Secrets to get the REST api to work with auth.

Project Settings-> Sevice Accounts -> Database Secrets

answered Nov 14 '16 at 23:37

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@ajama Database Secrets is now deprecated and I think you should use generated tokens with Oauth2. – bibscy Nov 17 '16 at 11:33
it is depreciated now. avoid using secret. use access token. – Baqer Naqvi Mar 27 '17 at 21:08

Example of saving data to firebase database REST API with auth token

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