How can I access a file on firebase storage by the download url when I just have access to the file name?

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So, I just want to swap some things in the download url to make users be able to search for files in the storage. it's just that I don't want to swap the long code in the end, because then users will have to use that super long code. I have to use the url to access the files.

https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/socialmedia- 
1df9e.appspot.com/o/images%2Flego?alt=media&token=4cc05dec-8dda-4f46-a8a7- 
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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '19 at 18:59

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It's not supported to construct your own download URLs. You should be using the Firebase SDK to generate download URLs that are special for each file you want to download.

answered Jan 03 '19 at 18:59

Doug Stevenson

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How do I use the firebase sdk to generate special urls? – David Wenzel Jan 03 '19 at 19:10
What does a url like that look like? – David Wenzel Jan 03 '19 at 19:17
If you're using the Android SDK, you buidld a reference to the file in storage that you want to download, then call getDownloadUrl to get a Task that resolves to the string of the URL. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37374868/how-to-get-url-from-firebase-storage-getdownloadurl?rq=1 – Doug Stevenson Jan 03 '19 at 19:22
Yeah, I know that. But how can I change the look/parts/construction of the url? – David Wenzel Jan 03 '19 at 19:38
As I said, it's not supported to build your own URLs. You should call the API, and assume that the URL cannot be changed or reconstructed. – Doug Stevenson Jan 03 '19 at 19:39

How can I access a file on firebase storage by the download url when I just have access to the file name?

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