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Question

I\'ve started working with firebase storage and firebase functions recently. Right now I\'ve been developing file upload from functions to storage .

I\'ve got it working

Answer 1

Haven't been able to test the solution given by Firebase, but here's the transcript of the response:

The problem that you are facing could be because of two reasons. The first one is how you are uploading the files, via the Firebase Console, using any Admin SDK, or via the gsutil command. If using the Admin SDK option, the problem is a known issue where the required metadata doesn’t exist, fortunately there is a workaround, you can try this script to solve this issue.

Now, the second one is related to the network if you are using comcast, please, try on a different network to see if this issue is related to that.

Answer 2

In my case I added metadata while uploading and it loading as it showed in image but when I'm refresh page after 3 min I found that it upload correctly , so as Cafn explain if it not matter of metadata you should wait until it loaded

  $uploadedObject=$bucket->upload($imageFile, [
            'name' => 'Image_Name',
            "metadata" => [  "contentType"=> 'image/png'],
        ]);

Answer 3

When you save an image to firebase, you need to provide an access token in metadata : firebaseStorageDownloadTokens. It has to be an uuid.

More info can be found here : https://www.sentinelstand.com/article/guide-to-firebase-storage-download-urls-tokens

const { v4: uuid } = require("uuid")

function uploadImage() {
    const newImageData = "data:image/png;base64,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"

    var mimeTypes = require('mimetypes');
    var image = newImageData,
        mimeType = image.match(/data:([a-zA-Z0-9]+\/[a-zA-Z0-9-.+]+).*,.*/)![1],
        fileName = 'test.' + mimeTypes.detectExtension(mimeType),
        base64EncodedImageString = image.replace(/^data:image\/\w+;base64,/, ''),
        imageBuffer = new Buffer(base64EncodedImageString, 'base64');

    // Instantiate the GCP Storage instance
    const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
    const googleCloudStorage = new Storage(firebaseSettings);
    const bucket = googleCloudStorage.bucket('projectID.appspot.com');


    var file = bucket.file(fileName);
    return file.save(imageBuffer, {
        metadata: { 
          contentType: mimeType,
          cacheControl: "public,
          max-age=300",
          // THIS IS THE LINE YOU NEED TO ADD
          firebaseStorageDownloadTokens: uuid(),
        },
        public: true,
        validation: 'md5'
    }, function (error: any) {

        if (error) {
            throw 'error';
        }

        return "https://storage.googleapis.com/share-expanses-dcc9f.appspot.com/" + fileName;
    });
}

After that you'll need to click on "Create access token"