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TypeError: firebase.storage is not a function

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Following this example, I keep getting the error:

 TypeError: firebase.storage is not a function

From this line in my code:

var storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();

(And when I simply try to initialize storage from the storage guide, linked from firebase's npm site, I get the same error.)

In my Node.js project, I'm including the following libraries:

const firebase = require('firebase');

var admin = require('firebase-admin');

const fs = require('fs');

Up to this point, I've successfully been able to read from and write to the firebase database, creating a reference to the database with var db = admin.database(), then var ref = db.ref(/)... So I know I've configured Firebase and firebase-database correctly. But I'm stuck on storage, and have tried both admin.storage().ref() and firebase.storage().ref(), and firebase.storage().ref(/) with the same error message.

I've also tried:

var storage = firbase.storage();

var storageRef = storage.ref();

and

const app = firebase.initializeApp(config);

var storage = app.storage();

and with ref()'s void argument () and with /... but have the same message, yet to no avail.

I'm using:

firebase: ^3.6.4

firebase-admin: ^4.0.4

Node.js : v6.9.1

What must I do to successfully create a reference to storage?

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answered 8 Years ago khalilb · Accepted Answer

DEPRECATED, see below:

According to this answer, instead of firebase storage, in Node.js, google-cloud package storage should be used, and it seems that this answer should confirm it. Code example:

npm i --save google-cloud

Then:

const gcloud = require('google-cloud')



const storage = gcloud.storage({

    projectId: '<projectID>',

    keyFilename: 'service-account-credentials.json',

});



const bucket = storage.bucket('<projectID>.appspot.com')

As of 2018, this is the correct answer:

Or using only the storage part of the package:

npm install --save @google-cloud/storage

And then:

var storage = require('@google-cloud/storage')

Also check the docs for more.