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Matan Tsuberi
Matan Tsuberi

Reputation: 511

How to upload file to firebase storage from nodejs - client side

I want to write a CLI app in nodejs that authenticates and uploads a file to firebase, I installed the firebase npm package but it is not well suited for NodeJS (client-side) use.

How can I authenticate and upload a file to firebase storage?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1466

Answers (1)

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 599591

There are two Node.js modules for Firebase, one for server-side Node.js code, and another one for client-side Node.js code (like on IoT devices).

If you're running the code on a server, you'll want to use the Firebase Admin SDK to access Cloud Storage. Note that this part of the Admin SDK is a fairly thin wrapper around the regular Node.js SDK for Cloud Storage, so I also recommend keeping the documentation for that package handy.

If you're running the code on a client, unfortunately the Node.js module does not have built-in support for uploading files to Storage. You'll have to look for another way, such as creating a custom API that your code calls and that uses a supported SDK for uploading the file to Storage.

Upvotes: 1

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