[Home](./index.md) > [@firebase/auth](./auth.md) > [User](./auth.user.md) > [getIdTokenResult](./auth.user.getidtokenresult.md) ## User.getIdTokenResult() method Returns a deserialized JSON Web Token (JWT) used to identitfy the user to a Firebase service. Signature: ```typescript getIdTokenResult(forceRefresh?: boolean): Promise; ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | forceRefresh | boolean | Force refresh regardless of token expiration. | Returns: Promise<[IdTokenResult](./auth.idtokenresult.md)> ## 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.