// Define Firebase references var ref = new Firebase(".firebaseio.com/"); var usersRef = ref.child("users"); // Call an 'auth' function when a user clicks a login button (this example uses twitter) $('#login').on("click", function () { auth.login('twitter'); }); // Authenticate users and store each user in Firebase by their Twitter UID var auth = new FirebaseSimpleLogin(ref, function (error, user) { if (error) { console.log(error); } else if (user) { usersRef.child(user.uid).set({pic: user.thirdPartyUserData.profile_image_url, username: user.username}); } else { } });