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signInWithEmailAndPassword() function

Asynchronously signs in using an email and password.

Signature:

export declare function signInWithEmailAndPassword(auth: Auth, email: string, password: string): Promise<UserCredential>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
auth	Auth	The Auth instance.
email	string	The users email address.
password	string	The users password.

Returns:

Promise<UserCredential>

Description

Fails with an error if the email address and password do not match.

Note: The user's password is NOT the password used to access the user's email account. The email address serves as a unique identifier for the user, and the password is used to access the user's account in your Firebase project. See also: createUserWithEmailAndPassword().