You can create your first bucket, upload, and download your first file in minutes.
Create bucket
You can create a bucket in the Appwrite Console by navigating to Storage > Create bucket.
In your bucket, navigate to Settings > Permissions, then add a new Any role with CREATE and READ permissions. This allows anyone to create and read files in this bucket.
Create file
To upload a file, add this to your app. For web apps, you can use the File object directly. For Node.js apps, use the InputFile class.
import { Client, Storage } from "appwrite";
const client = new Client()
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
.setProject('<PROJECT_ID>');
const storage = new Storage(client);
const promise = storage.createFile(
'[BUCKET_ID]',
ID.unique(),
document.getElementById('uploader').files[0]
);
promise.then(function (response) {
console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
console.log(error); // Failure
});
Download file
To download a file, use the getFileDownload method.
import { Client, Storage } from "appwrite";
const client = new Client();
const storage = new Storage(client);
client
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // Your API Endpoint
.setProject('<PROJECT_ID>') // Your project ID
;
const result = storage.getFileDownload('[BUCKET_ID]', '[FILE_ID]');
console.log(result); // Resource URL