javascriptgoogle-cloud-storage

How do you download an object from Google Cloud Storage with a gs:// URI in Node.js?

I have gs:// string URIs to objects in Google Cloud Storage (see this question for an explanation of what gs:// URIs mean). How do I download these objects using Node.js? The docs only contain examples with the bucket name and file path:

const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
const myBucket = storage.bucket('my-bucket');

const file = myBucket.file('my-file');

Can I make a file directly from a gs:// URI (passed as a string), or do I need to manually parse the URI into a bucket name and file path?

Solution

  • As of @google-cloud/storage v7.10.0 (2024-04-15) it is now possible to create a file object from an URL.

    Docs

    Example:

    import { Storage, File } from '@google-cloud/storage';

const storage = new Storage();

const uri = 'gs://example-bucket/example-file';

const file = File.from(uri, storage).download();