您的文件存储在 Cloud Storage 存储分区中。此存储桶中的文件以分层结构存储,就像本地硬盘中的文件系统或 Firebase Realtime Database 中的数据一样。通过创建指向文件的引用,您的应用便可以访问相应文件。然后,借助所创建的这些引用,您可以上传或下载数据、获取或更新元数据,也可以删除文件。引用可以指向特定的文件,也可以指向层次结构中更高层级的节点。
如果您使用过 Firebase Realtime Database,应当很熟悉这些路径。只不过,您的文件数据存储在 Cloud Storage 中,而不是 Realtime Database 中。
创建引用
如需上传、下载或删除文件,或者需要获取或更新文件的元数据,请创建引用。引用可以看作是指向云端文件的指针。由于引用属于轻型对象,因此您可以根据需要创建任意多个引用。 这些引用可以重复用于多个操作。
引用是使用 FirebaseStorage
服务并调用其 reference
方法创建的。
Swift
// Get a reference to the storage service using the default Firebase App let storage = Storage.storage() // Create a storage reference from our storage service let storageRef = storage.reference()
Objective-C
// Get a reference to the storage service using the default Firebase App FIRStorage *storage = [FIRStorage storage]; // Create a storage reference from our storage service FIRStorageReference *storageRef = [storage reference];
您可以对现有引用使用 child
方法,创建对树中层级较低位置(如 'images/space.jpg'
)的引用。
Swift
// Create a child reference // imagesRef now points to "images" let imagesRef = storageRef.child("images") // Child references can also take paths delimited by '/' // spaceRef now points to "images/space.jpg" // imagesRef still points to "images" var spaceRef = storageRef.child("images/space.jpg") // This is equivalent to creating the full reference let storagePath = "\(your_firebase_storage_bucket)/images/space.jpg" spaceRef = storage.reference(forURL: storagePath)
Objective-C
// Create a child reference // imagesRef now points to "images" FIRStorageReference *imagesRef = [storageRef child:@"images"]; // Child references can also take paths delimited by '/' // spaceRef now points to "images/space.jpg" // imagesRef still points to "images" FIRStorageReference *spaceRef = [storageRef child:@"images/space.jpg"]; // This is equivalent to creating the full reference spaceRef = [storage referenceForURL:@"gs://<your-firebase-storage-bucket>/images/space.jpg"];
通过引用进行导航
您还可以使用 parent
和 root
方法,在我们的文件层次结构中向上导航。parent
可以向上导航一级,而 root
可以一直导航至根目录。
Swift
// Parent allows us to move to the parent of a reference // imagesRef now points to 'images' let imagesRef = spaceRef.parent() // Root allows us to move all the way back to the top of our bucket // rootRef now points to the root let rootRef = spaceRef.root()
Objective-C
// Parent allows us to move to the parent of a reference // imagesRef now points to 'images' imagesRef = [spaceRef parent]; // Root allows us to move all the way back to the top of our bucket // rootRef now points to the root FIRStorageReference *rootRef = [spaceRef root];
child
、parent
和 root
可以链接在一起并链接多次,每次都会返回一个引用。root
的 parent
例外,它是 nil
。
Swift
// References can be chained together multiple times // earthRef points to "images/earth.jpg" let earthRef = spaceRef.parent()?.child("earth.jpg") // nilRef is nil, since the parent of root is nil let nilRef = spaceRef.root().parent()
Objective-C
// References can be chained together multiple times // earthRef points to "images/earth.jpg" FIRStorageReference *earthRef = [[spaceRef parent] child:@"earth.jpg"]; // nilRef is nil, since the parent of root is nil FIRStorageReference *nilRef = [[spaceRef root] parent];
引用的属性
您可以检查引用的 fullPath
、name
和 bucket
属性,以便更好地了解它们指向的文件。这些属性会反映出文件的完整路径、名称和存储分区。
Swift
// Reference's path is: "images/space.jpg" // This is analogous to a file path on disk spaceRef.fullPath // Reference's name is the last segment of the full path: "space.jpg" // This is analogous to the file name spaceRef.name // Reference's bucket is the name of the storage bucket where files are stored spaceRef.bucket
Objective-C
// Reference's path is: "images/space.jpg" // This is analogous to a file path on disk spaceRef.fullPath; // Reference's name is the last segment of the full path: "space.jpg" // This is analogous to the file name spaceRef.name; // Reference's bucket is the name of the storage bucket where files are stored spaceRef.bucket;
引用的限制
引用路径和名称可以包含有效 Unicode 字符的任意序列,但也必须遵循一些限制,具体包括:
- 使用 UTF-8 编码时,reference.fullPath 的总长度必须介于 1 到 1024 个字节之间。
- 不得包含回车符或换行符。
- 避免使用
#
、[
、]
、*
或?
,因为这些字符在 Firebase Realtime Database 或 gsutil 等其他工具中无法正常显示。
完整示例
Swift
// Points to the root reference let storageRef = Storage.storage().reference() // Points to "images" let imagesRef = storageRef.child("images") // Points to "images/space.jpg" // Note that you can use variables to create child values let fileName = "space.jpg" let spaceRef = imagesRef.child(fileName) // File path is "images/space.jpg" let path = spaceRef.fullPath // File name is "space.jpg" let name = spaceRef.name // Points to "images" let images = spaceRef.parent()
Objective-C
// Points to the root reference FIRStorageReference *storageRef = [[FIRStorage storage] reference]; // Points to "images" FIRStorageReference *imagesRef = [storageRef child:@"images"]; // Points to "images/space.jpg" // Note that you can use variables to create child values NSString *fileName = @"space.jpg"; FIRStorageReference *spaceRef = [imagesRef child:fileName]; // File path is "images/space.jpg" NSString *path = spaceRef.fullPath; // File name is "space.jpg" NSString *name = spaceRef.name; // Points to "images" imagesRef = [spaceRef parent];
接下来,我们将了解如何上传文件到 Cloud Storage。