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updateEmail() function

Updates the user's email address.

Signature:

export declare function updateEmail(user: User, newEmail: string): Promise<void>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
user	User	The user.
newEmail	string	The new email address.

Returns:

Promise<void>

Description

An email will be sent to the original email address (if it was set) that allows to revoke the email address change, in order to protect them from account hijacking.

Important: this is a security sensitive operation that requires the user to have recently signed in. If this requirement isn't met, ask the user to authenticate again and then call reauthenticateWithCredential().