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## User.getIdToken() method

Returns a JSON Web Token (JWT) used to identify the user to a Firebase service.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
getIdToken(forceRefresh?: boolean): Promise<string>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  forceRefresh | boolean | Force refresh regardless of token expiration. |

<b>Returns:</b>

Promise&lt;string&gt;

## Remarks

Returns the current token if it has not expired or if it will not expire in the next five minutes. Otherwise, this will refresh the token and return a new one.