voluptasmollitia/docs-exp/auth.githubauthprovider.credentialfromerror.md

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## GithubAuthProvider.credentialFromError() method

Used to extract the underlying [OAuthCredential](./auth.oauthcredential.md) from a [AuthError](./auth.autherror.md) which was thrown during a sign-in, link, or reauthenticate operation.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
static credentialFromError(error: FirebaseError): OAuthCredential | null;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  error | FirebaseError |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

[OAuthCredential](./auth.oauthcredential.md) \| null