I have a question regarding the "token" in the url(&token=) when using getDownloadUrl of FirebaseStorage.
From docs, it says that it returns a "long lived" download url https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.storage.Reference#getDownloadURL
Problem is, im saving the downloadUrl in FirebaseDatabase like
-chatroom
- c1
- m1
-message: "Sent a photo"
-photoUrl: downloadUrl here
From what i understand it is not a lifetime token so at some point in time the token will not be valid. So when I display this url in an ImageView for example, it will not load the image.
Picasso.with(context)
.load(downloadUrl)
.into(imageView)
I do understand I can use something like this in firebase to generate a new one.
StorageReference sr = getReferenceFromUrl(downloadUrl)
//pseudo-code
sr.getDownloadUrl().addOnSuccessListener((Uri newUri) => {
Picasso.with(context)
.load(newUri)
.into(imageView)
});
BUT! this process has an overhead of always getting a new download url in the process.
So again, how long will the token lived? Also if it is not a lifetime token, how should we store the download url properly?
