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Angular 8 – Upload/Display/Delete files to/from Firebase Storage using @angular/fire

https://grokonez.com/frontend/angular/angular-8/upload-display-delete-files-angular-8-firebase-storage-angular-fire

Angular 8 – Upload/Display/Delete files to/from Firebase Storage using @angular/fire

In this tutorial, grokonez.com shows you way to upload, get, delete Files to/from Firebase Storage in a simple Angular 8 App using @angular/fire. Files' info will be stored in Firebase Realtime Database.

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Angular 8 App with Firebase Storage

Technologies

  • Angular 8
  • RxJs 6 – @angular/fire 5.1.3 – firebase 5.11.1

    Angular 8 App Overview

    angular-8-upload-files-firebase-storage-demo

We will build an Angular 8 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 do

angular-8-upload-files-firebase-storage-overview

  • 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:

angular-8-firebase-storage-results

-> Firebase Realtime Database:

angular-8-firebase-storage-database-results

Integrate Firebase into Angular 8 App

Please visit this post to know step by step.

Define Model Class

We define FileUpload class with fields: key, name, url, file:

More at:

https://grokonez.com/frontend/angular/angular-8/upload-display-delete-files-angular-8-firebase-storage-angular-fire

Angular 8 – Upload/Display/Delete files to/from Firebase Storage using @angular/fire

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