GCP File Upload API

Prerequisite Dependencies

• run npm install to install dependencies
• Create bucket in GCP Storage with bucket name: fileStorage
• Create GCP account access key
• rename file to gcpKey.json
• copy gcpKey.json file into service/uploadService/util/auth/

Startup Server in Development Node

NodeMon pre-requisite

install nodemone globally on your machine run npm install nodemon -g

Run Service

Dev Environment

run npm run start:dev in your terminal

Production Environment

run npm run start in your terminal

Upload File

Using a client (e.g. PostMan) to test the file upload

• Open PostMan app
• Make a post request to http://localhost:{port}/upload
  • Headers
    • disable header item Content-Type (if it exists)
  • Body
    • form-data
    • Body: key: file
    • click "choose files" button to attach test file to upload