Get files by its url from storage.

[usamashafiqs]

How to get files by its url from storage?

[stnguyen90]

This depends on whether you want to view the data inline or download the file.

To view a file, send a GET request to /v1/storage/buckets/{bucketId}/files/{fileId}/view. Refer to the Get File for View docs for more info.

To download a file, send a GET request to /v1/storage/buckets/{bucketId}/files/{fileId}/download. Refer to the Get File for Download docs for more info.

[stnguyen90]

Oh right! You can append ?project={projectId}. The difficult part will be authentication. If the file isn't public, you'll need to somehow include a cookie or generate a JWT token and set that in the x-appwrite-jwt header.

[usamashafiqs]

Can you provide repo or example of implementation with authentication.

[stnguyen90]

Sorry I don't have any repo. You can call createJWT() to get a JWT token and then pass that into the header. Something like:

Image.network(
  'https://{hostname}/v1/storage/buckets/{bucketId}/files/{fileId}/view?project={projectId}', 
  headers: {"x-appwrite-jwt": jwt}
)

[usamashafiqs]

Thanks! steven.

[anantakrishna]

Is it possible to address a file using its name? Something like /v1/storage/buckets/{bucketId}/files/{path/to/fileName}/download. I'm migrating from GCP Storage, where the file name (path, actually) is its unique ID.