FR: Storage for node.js

[MatiasConTilde]

There is a way to use it with Google Cloud, but it is a bit complicated and firebase storage directly for web is much easier and convenient to use.

[sphippen]

This is definitely on our radar. There's stuff that many developers would want to do in a Node.js environment that doesn't even exist in the current Storage JS API, like file downloads.

As you alluded to, https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node generally works as a replacement for server-side use cases where you can use service account credentials. The API is different, but it lets you do things the JS API doesn't support right now (file downloads!).

[schmidt-sebastian]

The Firebase Admin SDK for Node has recently added support for Storage by wrapping the Google Cloud Storage libraries: https://firebase.google.com/docs/storage/admin/start. This makes it a lot easier to integrate GCS with Firebase (as it supports Firebase Authentication). While this integration does not unify the API surface, it simplifies the initial setup.

[mikamaunula]

Firebase js sdk has now support for nodejs #221. Thank you for that!!
We have a need for storage api also. Is there any possibility to add nodejs support?

[ricsmania]

@MatiasConTilde could you please provide an example on how to use Google Cloud to access Firebase Storage? I tried it but I'm getting an error:

Anonymous users does not have storage.objects.get access to mybucket.appspot.com/object.txt

My Firebase Storage is public and I'm not authenticating, so I think it should work.

I have never used Google Cloud directly, do I have to create an account there and configure it too?

I tried setting an incorrect bucket and I got a different error, so I guess at least that part is correct.

[IStep95]

Why it is not possible to upload with this configuration to any bucket?
Like on frontend(Angular2+) application it is possible, why is it different on backend(node.js)?
var firebaseConfig = {
apiKey: "YOUR-API-KEY",
authDomain: "YOUR-AUTH-DOMAIN",
databaseURL: "YOUR-DATABASE-URL",
projectId: "YOUR-PROJECT-ID",
storageBucket: "YOUR-STORAGE-BUCKET",
messagingSenderId: "YOUR-MESS-SENDER-ID",
appId: "YOUR-APP-ID"
};

I know I can accomplish upload with google cloud storage api but than I need public and private key generated from google cloud platform.
I am very interested will it be implemented soon, or it will not?

[schmidt-sebastian]

We are investigating what it would take to ship a Firebase Storage SDK for Node (with third-party auth), but we cannot promise when or if this will be available soon.