feat: added util to upload blob (#37)

Author: Zain-ul-din

src/lib/firebase.ts

@@ -65,3 +65,22 @@ export const discussionsCommentsColRef = collection(firebase.firebaseStore, 'dis
 export const workFlowColRef = collection(firebase.firebaseStore, 'workflow');
 export const discussionSubColName = 'participants';
 export const electionColRef = collection(firebase.firebaseStore, 'election');
+
+///
+/// firebase storage
+///
+import { getDownloadURL,  ref, uploadBytes } from 'firebase/storage';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+
+export async function uploadBlobToFirestore(
+  blob: Blob,
+  destinationBlobName?: string
+): Promise<string> {
+  // Create a reference to the destination blob
+  const storageRef = ref(firebase.firebaseStorage, `images/${destinationBlobName || uuidv4()}`);
+  // Upload the blob to Firebase Storage
+  await uploadBytes(storageRef, blob);
+  // Get the URL of the uploaded file
+  const url = await getDownloadURL(storageRef);
+  return url;
+}

src/lib/util.ts

@@ -386,3 +386,9 @@ export const findCoursesTimeConflicts = (coursesObj: SubjectOjectType): SubjectO
 export function clamp(num: number, min: number, max: number) {
   return num < min ? min : num > max ? max : num;
 }
+
+// converts file to blob
+export function fileToBlob(file: File): Blob {
+  const blobFile = new Blob([file], { type: file.type });
+  return blobFile;
+}