Cordova Firebase Upload File

A JavaScript function for uploading a local file (using its URI) to Firebase storage.

The function requires jQuery.

Installing

npm install cf-upload-file

or

bower install cf-upload-file

Example Usage

The example usage is taking a picture and uploading it to Firebase

// Do not forget to include the file (<script src='path/to/cf-upload-file.js'></script>)

var storageRef = "path/to/firebase/storage";
var options = { 
	sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
	destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
};
navigator.camera.getPicture(function(imageURI) {
	cfUploadFile(storageRef, imageURI, "image/jpeg")
		.then(function(snapshot) {
			// upload success, handle returned snapshot (firebase.storage.UploadTaskSnapshot)
		}).catch(function(err) {
			// handle error
		});
}, function(err) {
	// cordova error
}, options);

The function cfUploadFile takes 3 parameters (all string types). The first parameter will be your Firebase storage path, which is the location in which you would want to store the file. The second parameter will be the file URI. And lastly, the third parameter will be the file type.