pyrebase4

library4.9.0pypypi✓ verified 86d ago

A Python wrapper for the Firebase API with updated dependencies, version 4.9.0. Active development with frequent releases.

gcp

pip install pyrebase4

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INSTALL

IMPORT

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pyrebase4

gcppythonv4.9.0

Install

5.8s avg

Import

2168ms

Disk

65MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v4.9.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 2.310s · 63.9MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 5.8s · import 2.026s · 65MB

65MB installed

● package 65MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

pyrebase

✓ import pyrebase

✗ from pyrebase import ... or import firebase

The module name is pyrebase; using 'firebase' is a common mistake from older libraries.

Initialize Pyrebase with Firebase config and authenticate a user.

import pyrebase config = { "apiKey": os.environ.get('FIREBASE_API_KEY', ''), "authDomain": os.environ.get('FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN', ''), "databaseURL": os.environ.get('FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL', ''), "storageBucket": os.environ.get('FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET', '') } firebase = pyrebase.initialize_app(config) auth = firebase.auth() user = auth.sign_in_with_email_and_password("test@example.com", "password") print(user)

Debug

Known issues

breakingVersions >=4.8.0 require requests >=2.31.0, which has API changes. Older requests versions will break.

fix

Run pip install --upgrade requests>=2.31.0

affects: >=4.8.0

breakingv4.6.0 changed get_etag() return format: now returns an object with 'ETag' and 'value' keys, not just the ETag string. conditional_set and conditional_remove expect the new format.

fix

Update code to handle the new object: etag_result = db.child('path').get_etag(); etag_value = etag_result['ETag']

affects: 4.6.0 - 4.9.0

breakingv4.9.0 dropped support for App Engine (Google App Engine runtime). If you deploy on App Engine, you must pin to v4.8.0 or earlier.

fix

Either migrate away from App Engine or use pyrebase4==4.8.0

affects: >=4.9.0

gotchaFirebase Auth with email/password may fail if 'Email Enumeration Protection' is enabled in Firebase project settings. The library does not handle this gracefully.

fix

Disable email enumeration protection in Firebase console, or handle exceptions with appropriate user feedback.

affects: all

deprecatedThe library uses oauth2client, which is deprecated and may have security issues. Future versions may migrate to google-auth.

fix

Monitor for updates; consider pinning to a version that still works if migration breaks your code.

affects: current (4.9.0)

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'oauth2client'

Missing oauth2client dependency (installed automatically with pyrebase4, but may be missing in some environments).

fix

pip install oauth2client

TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'max_retries'

Incompatible version of requests (<2.31.0) with pyrebase4 >=4.8.0.

fix

pip install --upgrade requests>=2.31.0

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'key'

Occurs when using outdated Pyrebase code with newer requests that changed response structure (common after v4.8.0).

fix

Upgrade pyrebase4 to latest (v4.9.0) and ensure requests >=2.31.0.

google.auth.exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError: Could not automatically determine credentials.

Trying to use Firebase Admin SDK features without proper credentials (Pyrebase4 uses Firebase Auth, not Admin SDK).

fix

Use Firebase Auth REST API via pyrebase4 auth methods instead of Admin SDK. If you need Admin SDK, use firebase-admin instead.

Upgrade

Version history

4.9.0latest on PyPI · released Jan 19, 2026

Audit

Dependencies

requestsrequiredUsed for HTTP requests; requires >=2.31.0

oauth2clientrequiredUsed for Firebase Auth (deprecated, but still required by current version)

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/nhorvath/Pyrebase4 ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/pyrebase4/ ↗