@google-cloud/storage

What is @google-cloud/storage?

The @google-cloud/storage npm package is a client library for using Google Cloud Storage, which is a service for storing and accessing data on Google's infrastructure. The package allows Node.js developers to interact with Google Cloud Storage in a server-side application.

What are @google-cloud/storage's main functionalities?

Uploading files

This feature allows users to upload files to a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The code sample demonstrates how to upload a local file to a specified bucket.

const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
async function uploadFile() {
  await storage.bucket('my-bucket').upload('local-file-path', {
    destination: 'destination-file-path',
  });
  console.log('File uploaded.');
}
uploadFile().catch(console.error);

Downloading files

This feature enables users to download files from a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The code sample shows how to download a file from a bucket to the local file system.

const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
async function downloadFile() {
  const options = {
    destination: 'local-file-path',
  };
  await storage.bucket('my-bucket').file('remote-file-path').download(options);
  console.log('File downloaded.');
}
downloadFile().catch(console.error);

Listing files

This feature provides the ability to list all files in a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The code sample lists the names of all files in a specified bucket.

const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
async function listFiles() {
  const [files] = await storage.bucket('my-bucket').getFiles();
  files.forEach(file => console.log(file.name));
}
listFiles().catch(console.error);

Deleting files

This feature allows users to delete files from a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The code sample demonstrates how to delete a specific file from a bucket.

const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
async function deleteFile() {
  await storage.bucket('my-bucket').file('file-to-delete').delete();
  console.log('File deleted.');
}
deleteFile().catch(console.error);

Managing buckets

This feature enables users to manage buckets, including creating and deleting buckets. The code sample shows how to create a new bucket in Google Cloud Storage.

const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
const storage = new Storage();
async function createBucket() {
  await storage.createBucket('new-bucket');
  console.log('Bucket created.');
}
createBucket().catch(console.error);

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README

Google Cloud Storage: Node.js Client

Node.js idiomatic client for Cloud Storage.

Cloud Storage allows world-wide storage and retrieval of any amount of data at any time. You can use Google Cloud Storage for a range of scenarios including serving website content, storing data for archival and disaster recovery, or distributing large data objects to users via direct download.

A comprehensive list of changes in each version may be found in the CHANGELOG.

• Google Cloud Storage Node.js Client API Reference
• Google Cloud Storage Documentation
• github.com/googleapis/nodejs-storage

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Table of contents:

• Quickstart
  • Before you begin
  • Installing the client library
  • Using the client library
• Samples
• Versioning
• Contributing
• License

Quickstart

Before you begin

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.
2. Enable billing for your project.
3. Enable the Google Cloud Storage API.
4. Set up authentication with a service account so you can access the API from your local workstation.

Installing the client library

npm install @google-cloud/storage

Using the client library

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

// For more information on ways to initialize Storage, please see
// https://googleapis.dev/nodejs/storage/latest/Storage.html

// Creates a client using Application Default Credentials
const storage = new Storage();

// Creates a client from a Google service account key
// const storage = new Storage({keyFilename: 'key.json'});

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

async function createBucket() {
  // Creates the new bucket
  await storage.createBucket(bucketName);
  console.log(`Bucket ${bucketName} created.`);
}

createBucket().catch(console.error);

Samples

Samples are in the samples/ directory. Each sample's README.md has instructions for running its sample.

Sample	Source Code	Try it
Add Bucket Conditional Binding	source code
Add Bucket Default Owner Acl	source code
Add Bucket Iam Member	source code
Storage Add Bucket Label.	source code
Add Bucket Owner Acl	source code
Bucket Website Configuration.	source code
Add File Owner Acl	source code
Storage Get Bucket Metadata.	source code
Change Bucket's Default Storage Class.	source code
Storage File Convert CSEK to CMEK.	source code
Storage Combine files.	source code
Storage Configure Bucket Cors.	source code
Configure Retries	source code
Copy File	source code
Copy Old Version Of File.	source code
Create a Dual-Region Bucket	source code
Create Bucket With Storage Class and Location.	source code
Create Bucket With Turbo Replication	source code
Create New Bucket	source code
Create Notification	source code
Delete Bucket	source code
Delete File	source code
Delete Notification	source code
Delete Old Version Of File.	source code
Disable Bucket Lifecycle Management	source code
Storage Disable Bucket Versioning.	source code
Disable Default Event Based Hold	source code
Disable Requester Pays	source code
Disable Uniform Bucket Level Access	source code
Download Byte Range	source code
Download Encrypted File	source code
Download File	source code
Download File Using Requester Pays	source code
Download Into Memory	source code
Storage Download Public File.	source code
Enable Bucket Lifecycle Management	source code
Storage Enable Bucket Versioning.	source code
Enable Default Event Based Hold	source code
Enable Default KMS Key	source code
Enable Requester Pays	source code
Enable Uniform Bucket Level Access	source code
Change File's Storage Class.	source code
Storage Set File Metadata.	source code
Generate Encryption Key	source code
Generate Signed Url	source code
Generate V4 Read Signed Url	source code
Generate V4 Signed Policy	source code
Generate V4 Upload Signed Url	source code
Get Autoclass	source code
Get Default Event Based Hold	source code
Get Metadata	source code
Get Metadata Notifications	source code
Get Public Access Prevention	source code
Get RPO	source code
Get Requester Pays Status	source code
Get Retention Policy	source code
Storage Get Service Account.	source code
Get Uniform Bucket Level Access	source code
Activate HMAC SA Key.	source code
Create HMAC SA Key.	source code
Deactivate HMAC SA Key.	source code
Delete HMAC SA Key.	source code
Get HMAC SA Key Metadata.	source code
List HMAC SA Keys Metadata.	source code
List Buckets	source code
List Files	source code
List Files By Prefix	source code
List Files Paginate	source code
List Files with Old Versions.	source code
List Notifications	source code
Lock Retention Policy	source code
Storage Make Bucket Public.	source code
Make Public	source code
Move File	source code
Print Bucket Acl	source code
Print Bucket Acl For User	source code
Print File Acl	source code
Print File Acl For User	source code
Quickstart	source code
Release Event Based Hold	source code
Release Temporary Hold	source code
Remove Bucket Conditional Binding	source code
Storage Remove Bucket Cors Configuration.	source code
Remove Bucket Default Owner	source code
Remove Bucket Iam Member	source code
Storage Remove Bucket Label.	source code
Remove Bucket Owner Acl	source code
Remove Default KMS Key.	source code
Remove File Owner Acl	source code
Remove Retention Policy	source code
Rename File	source code
Rotate Encryption Key	source code
Set Autoclass	source code
Set Client Endpoint	source code
Set Event Based Hold	source code
Set Public Access Prevention Enforced	source code
Set Public Access Prevention Inherited	source code
Set RPO Async Turbo	source code
Set RPO Default	source code
Set Retention Policy	source code
Set Temporary Hold	source code
Stream File Download	source code
Stream File Upload	source code
Upload a directory to a bucket.	source code
Upload Encrypted File	source code
Upload File	source code
Upload File With Kms Key	source code
Upload From Memory	source code
Upload Without Authentication	source code
Upload Without Authentication Signed Url	source code
View Bucket Iam Members	source code

The Google Cloud Storage Node.js Client API Reference documentation also contains samples.

Supported Node.js Versions

Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule. Libraries are compatible with all current active and maintenance versions of Node.js. If you are using an end-of-life version of Node.js, we recommend that you update as soon as possible to an actively supported LTS version.

Google's client libraries support legacy versions of Node.js runtimes on a best-efforts basis with the following warnings:

• Legacy versions are not tested in continuous integration.
• Some security patches and features cannot be backported.
• Dependencies cannot be kept up-to-date.

Client libraries targeting some end-of-life versions of Node.js are available, and can be installed through npm dist-tags. The dist-tags follow the naming convention legacy-(version). For example, npm install @google-cloud/storage@legacy-8 installs client libraries for versions compatible with Node.js 8.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

This library is considered to be stable. The code surface will not change in backwards-incompatible ways unless absolutely necessary (e.g. because of critical security issues) or with an extensive deprecation period. Issues and requests against stable libraries are addressed with the highest priority.

More Information: Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

Please note that this README.md, the samples/README.md, and a variety of configuration files in this repository (including .nycrc and tsconfig.json) are generated from a central template. To edit one of these files, make an edit to its templates in directory.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE

Changelog

6.7.0 (2022-11-03)

Features

• Support autoclass (#2078) (7e83580)