Google Cloud storage upload method is returning signed URL. Django python

Question

This is my upload image method

from storages.backends.gcloud import GoogleCloudStorage

storage = GoogleCloudStorage()


def upload_image(file, dir_name, filename):
    try:
        target_path = '/static/images/' + dir_name + '/' + filename
        path = storage.save(target_path, file)
        return storage.url(path)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)

This is my settings in the django settings.py

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage'
GS_BUCKET_NAME = 'bucket name'
GS_PROJECT_ID = "project id"

GS_CREDENTIALS = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'google_cloud_credientials.json')
)

I have used this tutorial for reference https://medium.com/@mohammedabuiriban/how-to-use-google-cloud-storage-with-django-application-ff698f5a740f

This is returning me the signed URL for the file which I have uploaded and expired after some time, but I want to have a public URL that will be available for any time.

Answer 1

I want to have a public URL that will be available for any time.

Your only option for a URL that does not expire is to make the object public and use a Google Cloud Storage endpoint in this format:

https://storage.googleapis.com/BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME

Refer to this document:

Google Cloud Storage: Make data public