TypeError: firebase.storage is not a function

Question

Following this example, I keep getting the error:

 TypeError: firebase.storage is not a function

From this line in my code:

Answer 1

I had the same problem, I had my code as following:

import * as firebase from "firebase/app";
import 'firebase/storage';

firebase.initializeApp({
  ...
});
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();

So, I found that way is only if you use Typescript.

If you use only ES6, then you must have:

import firebase from 'firebase/app';
import 'firebase/storage';

firebase.initializeApp({
  ...
});
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref(); 

If you use ES5, then you must have:

var firebase = require("firebase/app");
require("firebase/storage");

firebase.initializeApp({
  ...
});
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();

Moreover, you can also use the following way but it is not recommended because you load all services (database,auth,storage,etc):

import firebase from "firebase";

firebase.initializeApp({
  ...
});
const storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();

Tested with Firebase 7.15.2