Get progress of firebase admin file upload - node.js

Question

I'm trying to get the progress of a 1 minute video uploading to firebase bucket storage using the admin sdk. I've seen a lot about using firebase.storage().ref.child..... but I'm unable to do that with the admin sdk since they don't have the same functions. This is my file upload:
exports.uploadMedia = (req, res) => {
const BusBoy = require('busboy');
const path = require('path');
const os = require('os');
const fs = require('fs');
const busboy = new BusBoy({ headers: req.headers, limits: { files: 1, fileSize: 200000000 } });
let mediaFileName;
let mediaToBeUploaded = {};
busboy.on('file', (fieldname, file, filename, encoding, mimetype) => {
if(mimetype !== 'image/jpeg' && mimetype !== 'image/png' && mimetype !== 'video/quicktime' && mimetype !== 'video/mp4') {
console.log(mimetype);
return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Wrong file type submitted, only .png, .jpeg, .mov, and .mp4 files allowed'})
}
// my.image.png
const imageExtension = filename.split('.')[filename.split('.').length - 1];
//43523451452345231234.png
mediaFileName = `${Math.round(Math.random()*100000000000)}.${imageExtension}`;
const filepath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), mediaFileName);
mediaToBeUploaded = { filepath, mimetype };
file.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(filepath));
file.on('limit', function(){
fs.unlink(filepath, function(){
return res.json({'Error': 'Max file size is 200 Mb, file size too large'});
});
});
});
busboy.on('finish', () => {
admin
.storage()
.bucket()
.upload(mediaToBeUploaded.filepath, {
resumable: false,
metadata: {
metadata: {
contentType: mediaToBeUploaded.mimetype
}
}
})
.then(() => {
const meadiaUrl = `https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/${config.storageBucket}/o/${mediaFileName}?alt=media`;
return res.json({mediaUrl: meadiaUrl});
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error(err);
return res.json({'Error': 'Error uploading media'});
});
});
req.pipe(busboy);
}
This works okay right now, but the only problem is that the user can't see where their 1 or 2 minute video upload is at. Currently, it's just a activity indicator and the user just sits their waiting without any notice. I'm using react native on the frontend if that helps with anything. Would appreciate any help!

Answer 1

I was able to implement on the client side a lot easier... but it works perfect with image and video upload progress. On the backend, I was using the admin sdk, but frontend I was originally using the firebase sdk.
this.uploadingMedia = true;
const imageExtension = this.mediaFile.split('.')[this.mediaFile.split('.').length - 1];
const mediaFileName = `${Math.round(Math.random()*100000000000)}.${imageExtension}`;
const response = await fetch(this.mediaFile);
const blob = await response.blob();
const storageRef = storage.ref(`${mediaFileName}`).put(blob);
storageRef.on(`state_changed`,snapshot=>{
this.uploadProgress = (snapshot.bytesTransferred/snapshot.totalBytes);
}, error=>{
this.error = error.message;
this.submitting = false;
this.uploadingMedia = false;
return;
},
async () => {
storageRef.snapshot.ref.getDownloadURL().then(async (url)=>{
imageUrl = [];
videoUrl = [url];
this.uploadingMedia = false;
this.submitPost(imageUrl, videoUrl);
});
});

Answer 2

export const uploadFile = (
folderPath,
fileName,
file,
generateDownloadURL = true,
updateInformationUploadProgress
) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
const storageRef = firebaseApp.storage().ref(`${folderPath}/${fileName}`)
const uploadTask = storageRef.put(file)
uploadTask.on(
'state_changed',
snapshot => {
if (updateInformationUploadProgress) {
const progress =
(snapshot.bytesTransferred / snapshot.totalBytes) * 100
updateInformationUploadProgress({
name: fileName,
progress: progress,
})
}
},
error => {
console.log('upload error: ', error)
reject(error)
},
() => {
if (generateDownloadURL) {
uploadTask.snapshot.ref
.getDownloadURL()
.then(url => {
resolve(url)
})
.catch(error => {
console.log('url error: ', error.message)
reject(error)
})
} else {
resolve(uploadTask.snapshot.metadata.fullPath)
}
}
)
} catch (error) {
reject(error)
}
})
}