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firebase storage ref is not a function

Im new in web development . i tried to find an answer all over the internet in the past 24 hours without success and now im reaching out here
this is my err :
Uncaught TypeError: firebase__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3_.storage.ref is not a function
this is the firebase.js file :
import { initializeApp } from 'firebase/app';
import { getStorage } from 'firebase/storage';
const firebaseConfig = {
apiKey: "",
authDomain: "",
projectId: "",
storageBucket: "",
messagingSenderId: "",
appId: ""
};
const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
export const storage = getStorage(app);
and im importing the storage in the component like that :
import {storage} from "../../firebase";
this is the upload func :
const upload = (items) => {
items.forEach((item) => {
const fileName = new Date().getTime() + item.label + item.file.name;
const uploadTask = storage.ref(`/items/${fileName}`).put(item.file);
uploadTask.on(
"state_changed",
(snapshot) => {
const progress =
(snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100;
console.log("Upload is " + progress + "% done");
},
(error) => {
console.log(error);
},
() => {
uploadTask.snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL().then((url) => {
setMovie((prev) => {
return { ...prev, [item.label]: url };
});
setUploaded((prev) => prev + 1);
});
}
);
});
};
any suggestions ?

You are using the syntax for the legacy namespaced Firebase JS SDK (v8 and older) with the newer modular Firebase SDK (v9 and newer).
Instead of storage.ref(), you need to be using ref(storage, path):
import { storage } from "../../firebase"
import { ref, uploadBytes } from "firebase/storage";
const upload = (items) => {
items.forEach((item, index) => {
const storageRef = ref(storage, `/items/${fileName}`);
const uploadTask = uploadBytes(storageRef, item.file);
uploadTask.on(
"state_changed",
(snapshot) => {
const progress =
Math.round((snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 1000)/10;
console.log(`Upload #${index+1} is ${progress}% done`);
},
(error) => {
console.log(error);
},
() => {
console.log(`Upload #${index+1} is complete, fetching URL...`);
getDownloadURL(storageRef)
.then((url) => {
console.log(`Upload #${index+1} is now available at ${url}.`);
setMovie((prev) => {
return { ...prev, [item.label]: url };
});
setUploaded((prev) => prev + 1);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});
}
);
});
}
I encourage you to read the documentation completely and read the migration guide so that you can see which SDK version the code you are working off of was built for.
Note: You should further improve this code to handle errors better, such as set an error message visible to the user for failed uploads.

Uploading image to firebase using expo react-native

I am working on an app and I am using expo, I want to make sure each user can upload an image to firebase, and later publish this image on the profile page.
Using expo this is how I upload images:
const pickImage = async () => {
let pickerResult = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
mediaTypes: ImagePicker.MediaTypeOptions.All,
allowsEditing: true,
aspect: [4, 3],
quality: 1,
});
console.log(pickerResult);
handleImagePicked(pickerResult);
};
the result in the console is:
Object {
"cancelled": false,
"height": 312,
"type": "image",
"uri": "file:///data/user/0/host.exp.exponent/cache/ExperienceData/%2540anonymous%252Fallergyn-app-77bfd368-65fd-43f9-8c34-9c35cef42c25/ImagePicker/daaa229c-c352-4994-ae18-ca2dbb3534ce.jpg",
"width": 416,
}
and this is how I upload to the firebase:
const handleImagePicked = async (pickerResult) => {
try {
if (!pickerResult.cancelled) {
setImage(pickerResult.uri);
await uploadImageAsync(pickerResult.uri);
console.log("done");
}
} catch (e) {
console.log(e);
alert("Upload failed, sorry :(");
} finally {
}
};
async function uploadImageAsync(uri) {
const blob = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onload = function () {
resolve(xhr.response);
};
xhr.onerror = function (e) {
console.log(e);
reject(new TypeError("Network request failed"));
};
xhr.responseType = "blob";
xhr.open("GET", uri, true);
xhr.send(null);
});
const ref = firebase
.storage()
.ref()
.child("images" + Math.random());
const snapshot = await ref.put(blob);
// We're done with the blob, close and release it
blob.close();
return await snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL();
}
this code works it saves the path of the image this: "file:///data/user/0/host.exp.exponent/cache/ExperienceData/%2540anonymous%252Fallergyn-app-77bfd368-65fd-43f9-8c34-9c35cef42c25/ImagePicker/daaa229c-c352-4994-ae18-ca2dbb3534ce.jpg" in the firebase under user collection using the uid of the user.
I am not sure if this is good, because I want to make sure the image itself is uploaded to firebase, I saw some threads in StackOverflow regarding this issue either too old or no answers, so I am hoping to get some sort of solution to what I need to do.
if I use
const ref = firebase
.storage()
.ref()
.child("images" + Math.random());
.putFile(uri);
this tells me that putFile is not a function. the same with put(uri)

Try this one. This function returns the path of the saved image from firebase which you will store in the user's document instead.
const handleImagePicked = async (pickerResult) => {
if (!pickerResult.cancelled) {
setImage(pickerResult.uri);
const result = await uploadImageAsync(pickerResult.uri);
if(result) {
console.log('success');
//save the result path to firestore user document
return;
}
alert("Upload failed, sorry :(");
}
};
export const uploadImageAsync = async (uri: string) => {
let filename = uri;
if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
filename = uri.replace('file:', '');
}
const ext = filename.split('.').pop();
const path = `images/${id}.${ext}`;
const ref = firebase.storage().ref(path);
try {
const response = await fetch(filename);
const blob = await response.blob();
await ref.put(blob);
return path;
} catch {
return null;
}
};

This worked for me , using rn-fetch-blob
import launchImageLibrary from 'react-native-image-picker';
import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
import storage from '#react-native-firebase/storage';
const pickImage = () => {
let options = {
mediaType: 'photo',
quality: 0.5,
};
launchImageLibrary(options, (response) => {
console.log('Response = ', response);
uploadImagePicked(response);
});
};
const uploadImagePicked = (response) => {
if (response.fileName) {
const fileName = response.fileName;
var storageRef = storage().ref(`receiptImages/${fileName}`);
RNFetchBlob.fs.readFile(response.uri , 'base64')
.then(data => {
storageRef.putString(data, 'base64', {contentType:"image/jpg"})
.on(
storage.TaskEvent.STATE_CHANGED,
snapshot => {
console.log("snapshot: " + snapshot.state);
console.log("progress: " + (snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100);
if (snapshot.state === storage.TaskState.SUCCESS) {
console.log("Success");
}
},
error => {
console.log("image upload error: " + error.toString());
},
() => {
storageRef.getDownloadURL()
.then((downloadUrl) => {
console.log("File available at: " + downloadUrl);
})
})
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
})
}
else {
console.log("Skipping image upload");
}
}

I get same url for multiple file on Firebase Storage

When I try to send file to Firebase Storage and getDownloadUrl for each files, I notice that all file are upload but I get the url of last File.
This is the function.
var files = this.state.image
var image, fileExtension, imageName, uploadTask
for (var i = 0; i < this.state.image.length; i++) {
image = files[i]
console.log(this.state.image)
fileExtension = '.' + image.name.split('.').pop();
imageName = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7) + new Date().getTime() + [i] + fileExtension
uploadTask[i] = storage.ref(`images/${imageName}`).put(image);
console.log(imageName)
uploadTask.on(
"state_changed",
snapshot => {
// progress function ...
const progress = Math.round(
(snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100
);
this.setState({ progress });
},
error => {
// Error function ...
toast('ldjddkj')
console.log(error);
},
async () => {
// complete function ...
await storage
.ref("images")
.child(imageName)
.getDownloadURL()
.then(imgUrl => {
console.log(imgUrl)
this.setState((prevState) => ({
imgUrl: [...prevState.imgUrl,
imgUrl
],
}
))
console.log(this.state.imgUrl)
})
}
);
}

Try this.
uploadTask.on(
"state_changed",
(snapshot) => {
// progress function ...
const progress = Math.round(
(snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100
);
this.setState({ progress });
},
(error) => {
// Error function ...
toast("ldjddkj");
console.log(error);
}
);
uploadTask
.then((snapshot) => {
return snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL();
})
.then((imgUrl) => {
storage
.ref("images")
.child(imageName)
.getDownloadURL()
.then((imgUrl) => {
console.log(imgUrl);
this.setState((prevState) => ({
imgUrl: [...prevState.imgUrl, imgUrl],
}));
console.log(this.state.imgUrl);
});
});

upload multiple files to firebase storage issues

i am working on a cooking android app where firebase is the backend, i need to upload multiple images of a recipe in firebase stoarge and then store the downloadurl into firebase database.
i managed to upload the files into firebase but i am having some trouble to get the downloadUrl of these files.
i have created an array of promises to upload the files and i had created another array to store the url of each file which i get when it finishes the uploading task.
here is my code
var promises = [];
for (var i=0 ;i< prepaImages.length;i++)
{
//alert(prepaImages[i].name);
var storageRef = firebase.storage().ref("receipes"+"/"+category+"/"+title+"/"+uploadTime+prepaImages[i].name );
var uploadTask = storageRef.put(prepaImages[i]);
promises.push(uploadTask);
uploadTask.on('state_changed', snapshot => {
var percentage = (snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100;
$("#prepaImageUploadprogress").html(Math.round(percentage)+"%");
$("#prepaImageUploadprogress").attr("style", "width:"+percentage+"%");
}, error => { alert(error) }, () => {
uploadTask.snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL().then(downloadURL => {
//prepaImagesUrl+="+"+downloadURL;
prepaImagesUrl.push(downloadURL);
});
});
the problem is i am getting an array of the length of the number of uploaded files minus one (the legnth it should be equal to the number of uploaded files) and it has the same value (the same downloadurl)
. any help will be appreciated
Thank you.

I think the problem is with the promisies. I suggest you to use Promise.all and await. Therefore your code will be more reliable. Here is my solution to multiple file upload (adapt to your variable names):
const array = Array.from({ length: prepaImages.length }, (value, index) => index);
const uploadedImages = await Promise.all(array.map(async index => {
const image = prepaImages[index];
const metadata = { contentType: image.type };
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref(`receipes/${category}/${title}/${uploadTime}${prepaImages[i].name}`);
const uploadTask = storageRef.put(image, metadata);
const url = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
uploadTask.on('state_changed', snapshot => {
const percentage = (snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100;
$('#prepaImageUploadprogress').html(`${Math.round(percentage)}%`);
$('#prepaImageUploadprogress').attr('style', `width: ${percentage}%`);
}, error => reject(error),
async () => {
const downloadUrl = await uploadTask.snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL();
resolve(downloadUrl);
});
});
return { name: image.name, url };
}));
The uploadedImages will contains an array with the image names and download urls. You can make this without await of course, but I prefer this way.
UPDATE:
Here is my own code (without error handling) to achieve this, also, I need to mention that I'm using this with react, redux and using the firebase, firestore wrapper for redux redux-firestore and react-redux-firebase but these are just wrappers:
export const addNewWork = work => async (dispatch, getState, { getFirebase, getFirestore }) => {
const { files, ...restWork } = work;
const firebase = getFirebase();
const firestore = getFirestore();
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();
const array = Array.from({ length: files.length }, (value, index) => index);
const uploadedFiles = await Promise.all(array.map(async index => {
const file = files[index];
const metadata = { contentType: file.type };
const uploadTask = storageRef.child(`works/${file.name}`).put(file, metadata);
const url = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
uploadTask.on('state_changed', () => {}, error => reject(error), async () => {
const downloadUrl = await uploadTask.snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL();
resolve(downloadUrl);
});
});
return { name: file.name, url };
}));
await firestore.collection('works').add({
...restWork,
image: uploadedFiles[0], // Use only one image for the clean example
createdAt: new Date()
});
});

Convert image path to blob react native

Problem
I am trying to create an app with react native and firebase. One of the features I would like for this app is the ability to upload images. I am having some trouble uploading the images to firebase storage though. I am using expo's image picker to find the path of the image that the user wants to upload, but once I have the path I don't know how to convert that to something I can upload to firebase.
Can somebody help me convert the path of an image to something I can upload to firebase storage with react native?
What I've tried
I tried using:
_pickImage = async () => {
let result = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
MediaTypeOptions: 'Images',
quality: 0.4,
_uploadAsByteArray = async (pickerResultAsByteArray, progressCallback) => {
try {
var metadata = {
contentType: 'image/jpeg',
};
var storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();
var ref = storageRef.child('images/'+expoID+'/'+this.state.time)
let uploadTask = ref.put(pickerResultAsByteArray, metadata)
uploadTask.on('state_changed', function (snapshot) {
progressCallback && progressCallback(snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes)
var progress = (snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100;
console.log('Upload is ' + progress + '% done');
}, function (error) {
console.log("in _uploadAsByteArray ", error)
}, function () {
var downloadURL = uploadTask.snapshot.downloadURL;
console.log("_uploadAsByteArray ", uploadTask.snapshot.downloadURL)
this.setState({imageUploaded:true})
});
} catch (ee) {
console.log("when trying to load _uploadAsByteArray ", ee)
}
}
convertToByteArray = (input) => {
var binary_string = this.atob(input);
var len = binary_string.length;
var bytes = new Uint8Array(len);
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
bytes[i] = binary_string.charCodeAt(i);
}
return bytes
}
atob = (input) => {
const chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
let str = input.replace(/=+$/, '');
let output = '';
if (str.length % 4 == 1) {
throw new Error("'atob' failed: The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.");
}
for (let bc = 0, bs = 0, buffer, i = 0;
buffer = str.charAt(i++);
~buffer && (bs = bc % 4 ? bs * 64 + buffer : buffer,
bc++ % 4) ? output += String.fromCharCode(255 & bs >> (-2 * bc & 6)) : 0
) {
buffer = chars.indexOf(buffer);
}
return output;
}
uploadImage(bsfdata){
this.setState({imageUploaded:false})
this._uploadAsByteArray(this.convertToByteArray(bsfdata), (progress) => {
this.setState({ progress:progress })
})
}
base64:true,
});
/* if (!result.cancelled) {
this.setState({ image: result.uri });
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append('photo', {
uri,
name: `photo.${fileType}`,
type: `image/${fileType}`,
});}*/
this.uploadImage(result.base64);
};
}
I've tried it with the commented code added, which doesn't upload anything, and I've tried it with how the code is now, which gives me the error Can currently only create a Blob from other Blobs, and the uploading progress never gets above 0%.

If you are using expo (>=26), then you can do it easily with the following lines of code.
uploadImage = async(imageUri) => {
const response = await fetch(imageUri);
const blob = await response.blob();
var ref = firebase.storage().ref().child("image.jpg");
return ref.put(blob);
}
Reference: https://youtu.be/KkZckepfm2Q

Refer this link - https://github.com/dailydrip/react-native-firebase-storage/blob/master/src/App.js#L43-L69
Following block of code is working fine.
uploadImage(uri, mime = 'application/octet-stream') {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const uploadUri = Platform.OS === 'ios' ? uri.replace('file://', '') : uri
let uploadBlob = null
const imageRef = FirebaseClient.storage().ref('images').child('image_001')
fs.readFile(uploadUri, 'base64')
.then((data) => {
return Blob.build(data, { type: `${mime};BASE64` })
})
.then((blob) => {
uploadBlob = blob
return imageRef.put(blob, { contentType: mime })
})
.then(() => {
uploadBlob.close()
return imageRef.getDownloadURL()
})
.then((url) => {
resolve(url)
})
.catch((error) => {
reject(error)
})
})
}

You need to install rn-fetch-blob module:
npm install --save rn-fetch-blob
Then, do the following:
import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
const Blob = RNFetchBlob.polyfill.Blob;
const fs = RNFetchBlob.fs;
window.XMLHttpRequest = RNFetchBlob.polyfill.XMLHttpRequest;
window.Blob = Blob;
function uploadImage(path) {
const imageFile = RNFetchBlob.wrap(path);
// 'path/to/image' is where you wish to put your image in
// the database, if you would like to put it in the folder
// 'subfolder' inside 'mainFolder' and name it 'myImage', just
// replace it with 'mainFolder/subfolder/myImage'
const ref = firebase.storage().ref('path/to/image');
var uploadBlob = null;
Blob.build(imageFile, { type: 'image/jpg;' })
.then((imageBlob) => {
uploadBlob = imageBlob;
return ref.put(imageBlob, { contentType: 'image/jpg' });
})
.then(() => {
uploadBlob.close();
return ref.getDownloadURL();
})
.((url) => {
// do something with the url if you wish to
})
.catch(() => {
dispatch({
type: UPDATE_PROFILE_INFO_FAIL,
payload: 'Unable to upload profile picture, please try again'
});
});
}
Please do ask if there's any part of the code that you don't understand. To upload multiple images, simply wrap this code with a for loop. Or if you want to make sure that every image is uploaded without any error, use Promise

Not sure whom this might help, but if you're using MediaLibrary to load images from the gallery, then the uri comes in the format of uri = file:///storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/filename.jpg
In this case, using fetch(uri) didn't help me get the blob.
But if you use fetch(uri.replace("file:///","file:/")) and then follow #sriteja Sugoor's answer, you'll be able to upload the file blob.

const Blob = RNFetchBlob.polyfill.Blob;
const fs = RNFetchBlob.fs;
let uploadBlob;
await fs
.readFile(params?.file.path, 'base64')
.then((data) => {
return Blob.build(data, {type: `BASE64`});
})
.then((blob) => {
uploadBlob = blob;
console.log(uploadBlob, 'uploadBlob');
});