[FR] Send password reset email function

[bverhoeve]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Via firebase_admin_auth I'm able to create and manage users. When I want to generate a password reset email through the default Firebase functionality (Firebase sends the email), I'm not able to do this through the Admin SDK, as only generate_password_reset_link is supported. I have to resort to sending a REST API call instead.

Describe the solution you'd like
Support a send_password_reset_email function that sends an email via Firebase to reset her password, similar to the Node.js client.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Sending a REST API call through HTTP.

[google-oss-bot]

I couldn't figure out how to label this issue, so I've labeled it for a human to triage. Hang tight.

[santhoshivan23]

@hiranya911 I'd like to work on this feature request!

[lahirumaramba]

Thank you @bverhoeve and @santhoshivan23. The Admin SDK (including the Node.js SDK) does not support sending emails. You will have to generate the email links and use your own or a third party SMTP sever to send the email.

We have a similar request for Node.js SDK firebase/firebase-admin-node#46 however, the backend APIs currently do not support sending emails and adding backend support is also not that straightforward.

[bverhoeve]

@lahirumaramba, My bad, the function I'm referring to in the issue is the sendPasswordResetEmail in the JavaScript client. How come this is not available in the Node.js client?

[ofer-pd]

The JS client has that option (sendPasswordResetEmail). There's no reason not to put the same functionality in Python Admin SDK. It just wraps a REST API call, just like all the other functions, right? So why not? Why force me to choose between three bad fallback options - (1) setting up my own email service (2) making a raw REST API call (3) installing Node on my container and running the client SDK?

EDIT:

For users looking for a solution now, here's how to invoke this function via the REST API:

curl 'https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/v1/accounts:sendOobCode?key=REPLACE_WITH_API_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"requestType":"PASSWORD_RESET","email":"REPLACE_WITH_EMAIL"}'

The API Key is the value of the "Web API Key" field on the Firebase Project Settings : General page:
https://console.firebase.google.com/project/REPLACE_WITH_PROJECT_ID/settings/general

[bverhoeve]

@ofer-pd We ended up implementing the API call ourselves. We have the same issue for MFA enrolment btw.