Hi. Quick question about a couple of Storage-KT f...

# supabase-kt

[Bam]

Hi. Quick question about a couple of Storage-KT functions.
In the docs, like here, it says:

val bucket = supabase.storage.from("avatars")
bucket.upload("myIcon.png", byteArray, upsert = false)
//on JVM you can use java.io.File
bucket.upload("myIcon.png", file, upsert = false)

Or under "Create resumable upload":

...
//JVM/Android:
val upload = bucket.resumable.createOrContinueUpload("icon.png", File("icon.png"))
//Other platforms:
val upload = bucket.resumable.createOrContinueUpload(data = byteArray, source = "this is for continuing previous uploads later", path = "icon.png")
...

Seems that the JVM/Android approach can use Files, while other platforms can only use ByteArrays.

My question is whether the "Other platforms" ByteArray approach can also be used for on JVM/Android?

[Jan]

Yes, the JVM functions requiring a file as parameter basically just call these functions in the end. It might be good to mention that there should also be a function variant accepting a lambda, which provides a ByteReadChannel. This is what is actually being used for the file variant to read data while uploading and not at once as a ByteArray. But that is obviously also fine.

[Bam]

Perfect 👌🏼
Thank you for the explanation.

PS: I hope it's not an issue for me to ask question here that I might be able to find out myself. It might be useful for others looking for answers in the future.

[Jan]

I hope it's not an issue for me to ask question here that I might be able to find out myself. It might be useful for others looking for answers in the future

Thats exactly why this channel exists 🙂