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@angular/fire/storage - Angular 11 Upload files to Firebase Storage Example

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@angular/fire/storage Angular 11 Upload files to Firebase

Technologies – Angular 11 Upload File to Firebase Storage

– Angular 11
– RxJs 6
– @angular/fire 5.1.3
– firebase 5.11.1

Overview Angular 11 Upload file to Firebase Storage

Overview Angular 11 Upload file to Firebase Storage

We will build an Angular 11 Firebase App that can:
– helps user choose file from local and upload it to Firebase Storage
– show progress with percentage
– save file metadata to Firebase Realtime Database
(Functions above from the posts: Upload File to Storage)
– get list Files and display

How to upload file from Angular to Firebase storage using @angular/fire/storage?

How to upload file from Angular to Firebase storage using @angular/fire/storage?

– Upload file:

  • save file to Firebase Cloud Storage
  • retrieve {name, url} of the file from Firebase Cloud Storage
  • save {name, url} to Firebase Realtime Database

– Get/delete files: use file {name, url} stored in Database as reference to Firebase Cloud Storage.

So, after upload process, the results will be like:

-> Firebase Storage:

Firebase Storage

-> Firebase Realtime Database:

Firebase Realtime Database

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Francis Rodrigues

I never save the full firebase storage URL in the database, because it generates an access token by access time. I prefer fetching it by Firestore getDownloadURL() method.

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Crypt0Graphic

You can save. URL (with token) does not change unless you overwrite the file, as far as I know.