How to move files with firebase storage?

Question

Is there a way to move files with firebase.storage()?

Example: user1/public/image.jpg to user1/private/image.jpg

Answer 1

Since Firebase Storage is backed by Google Cloud Storage, you can use GCS's rewrite API (docs) or gsutil mv (docs).

Also, an example of move (docs) in GCloud Node follows:

var bucket = gcs.bucket('my-bucket');
var file = bucket.file('my-image.png');
var newLocation = 'gs://another-bucket/my-image-new.png';
file.move(newLocation, function(err, destinationFile, apiResponse) {
  // `my-bucket` no longer contains:
  // - "my-image.png"
  //
  // `another-bucket` now contains:
  // - "my-image-new.png"

  // `destinationFile` is an instance of a File object that refers to your
  // new file.
});