Firebase web: Storage Location from Download URL

2
votes

I'm writing a firebase function where i need storage location. Right now i have download url:

https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/dxxxxxxxxx.com/o/videosvideo%3A67423?alt=media&token=acxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Is there a way to get Storage location like this:

gs://dexxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/videosvideo:67423

from the given download url?

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firebasefirebase-storage
When you say "Firebase function", do you mean you're writing backend code with Cloud Functions for Firebase? Or are you writing client side code? Are you just trying to convert a https download URL to a gs URL? – Doug Stevenson
Yes, i'm writing backend code with Cloud Functions for Firebase. And yes i want to convert a https download URL to a gs URL. – Rishabh Chandel
Is there a way? @Doug Stevenson – Rishabh Chandel
Is something wrong with refFromUrl? Seems like what you're looking for. See also stackoverflow.com/questions/42956250/… – Kato

1 Answers

3
votes

The description for refFromURl says that it returns a Reference and accepts:

A URL in the form: 
1) a gs:// URL, for example gs://bucket/files/image.png 
2) a download URL taken from object metadata.

Based on this, I'd expect the following to work fine:

const downloadUrl = "https://firestorage.googleapis...";
const gsUrl = firebase.storage().refFromUrl(downloadUrl).toString();