Firebase -Node.js auto complete doesn't show .auth() or it's accompanying methods - node.js

Question

I'm running Node version 7.8.0
I have installed the Firebase and Firebase-admin modules into a Server side Node.js app.js file. I want to use these 2 methods:
var myCustomToken = '12345'
firebaseAdmin.auth().createCustomToken(myCustomToken) //firebaseAdmin.auth()
firebase.auth().authenticateWithCustomToken(myCustomToken) // firebase.auth()
The problem is dot .auth() doesn't show up for either module so I can't get to use the 2 methods. There are other methods that are tied to both modules that appear (in pics below) but .auth() isn't one of them.
For e.g.
firebaseAdmin.initializeApp(... //works
firebaseAdmin.credential.cert(... //works
firebase.initializeApp(...) //works
These are the modules I installed in the folder that was initialized with npm:
npm install firebase-admin --save
npm install algoliasearch --save
npm install firebase --save
These are the dependencies inside my package.json file:
"engines": {
"node": "7.8.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"algoliasearch": "^3.22.1",
"firebase": "^3.7.4",
"firebase-admin": "^4.1.4"
}
How can I get .auth() to appear on each module so I can access the 2 methods I need?
Firebase-admin module autocomplete:
Firebase module autocomplete:
Autocomplete results for both modules .auth() doesn't exist:

Answer 1

Have a look at https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup
and https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/admin/create-custom-tokens#create_custom_tokens_using_the_firebase_admin_sdk
for createCustomToken()
As for the client part, did you try signInWithCustomToken() ?

Answer 2

I filed an issue report at the Firebase-admin github repo and they got back to me and said that even though the .aut() object isn’t showing up in Sublime’s autocomplete it does exist. Since I knew the methods I was looking they said I could just manually put in the code and it would work which in fact it did.
One thing they suggested was that next time I can go into the node_modules folder and I would see that it does exist there:
node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/firebase-namespace.js
this is what is there:
Object.defineProperty(FirebaseNamespace.prototype, "auth", {
/**
* Gets the `Auth` service namespace. The returned namespace can be used to get the
* `Auth` service for the default app or an explicitly specified app.
*/
get: function () {
var _this = this;
var fn = function (app) {
return _this.ensureApp(app).auth();
};
return Object.assign(fn, { Auth: auth_1.Auth });
},
enumerable: true,
configurable: true
});
Basically if your using Sublime and autocomplete isn’t showing what your looking for just manually type it in and look through the node_modules folder to verify it’s there.
Another alternative is to use VSCode or Vim instead of Sublime and the autocomplete should work there.