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Google Cloud Storage: Node.js Client

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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.

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

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

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