Get file reference from URI

[paymog]

Does this library offer users a way to get a reference to a file in GCS from a URI? Suppose I have a uri like the following: gs://mybucket/myvideo.mov.

Ideally I'd like to have an api like the following:

import { Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage';
const storage = new Storage();

const file = storage.getFileFromUri("gs://mybucket/myvideo.mov")

// do stuff with the file like like change it's metadata or download it

Is this possible or will I have to write my own utility function to parse the gs://... uri?

[danielbankhead]

Hey @paymog, this sounds a lot like:

• Proposal: Instantiate a File using Public URL #1898

We think this would be a handy feature! We'll add this functionality in a future release.

[paymog]

ah yup, you're right!

[shaffeeullah]

closing this as a duplicate of #1898
we'll track updates to this feature request there.