Failed to parse json credential

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
firebase, python
Domain
authentication

Research direction

Start in firebase_admin/credentials.py at _is_file_path and inspect how Certificate handles a parsed JSON dictionary versus a credential file path. Reproduce the reported OSError with the issue's environment details, then verify that dictionary credentials are recognized correctly without breaking path handling.

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Description

api: auth
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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment
  • Operating System version: MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1
  • Firebase SDK version: 6.5.0
  • Firebase Product: auth
  • Python version: 3.11.0
  • Pip version: 24.0
[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

When calling firebase_admin.credentials.Certificate, occurred error OSError, which used not credential file path, but parsed json dictionary. I expect returning function _is_file_path False if used parameter as dictionary.

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Relevant Code:
# firebase_admin/credentials.py
def _is_file_path(path):
    try:
        path_obj = pathlib.Path(path)
        return True
    except TypeError:
        return False
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