Firebase storage rules error: unexpected identifier; function taken from documentation

Question

I am using firebase and am trying to make the storage publicly accessible. According to the firebase documentation I need to include the following code, which I added to the .js file which contains a function that sends user input to storage.

service firebase.storage {
  match /b/{bucket}/o {
    match /{allPaths=**} {
      allow read, write;
    }
  }
}

Based off others' problems I've tried:

• adding ;-s
• changing it to firebase.storage(code),
• doing var storage ...

but none of these methods work.

I have my code for configuring firebase (apiKey, authDomain, databaseURL, projectID, and storageBucket) and also initialized the app.

Answer 1

This isn't code that you would put in a JS file, this is a firebase storage security rule. It is a configuration that you would configure in the console for your project (alternatively, you can deploy the rules via the CLI, but they are still not a direct part of your application code).

You should navigate to the rules tab and input the configuration there:

Of course, the rule you are suggesting here is very dangerous!

This rule will allow any user (including unauthenticated users!) to write as much as they want into your storage bucket -- effectively giving you the bill for their free storage. You should consider carefully if this is what you really want.