Laravel Public url for storage files

Question

I want to retrieve public url for all the files stored using

storage::putFile('public/spares');

So, this is the issue I'm using

storage::files('public/spares');

but it provides this output from laravel storage directory

public/spares/image1.jpg
public/spares/image2.jpg
public/spares/image3.jpg

how can I get the public link for the above

http://localhost/laravel/public/storage/spares/image1.jpg
http://localhost/laravel/public/storage/spares/image2.jpg
http://localhost/laravel/public/storage/spares/image3.jpg

**Edit **

Sending last modified data of files to view

$docs = File::files('storage/document');
$lastmodified = [];
foreach ($docs as $key => $value) {
   $docs[$key] = asset($value);
   $lastmodified[$key] = File::lastmodified($value);
}
return view('stock.document',compact('docs','lastmodified'));

Is this correct

What version of Laravel are you using? – Eric Tucker May 04 '17 at 18:01 — Eric Tucker, May 04 '17 at 18:01

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '17 at 18:48

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First you have to create the symbolic link from your public/storage directory to your storage/app/public directory so you can access the files. You can do that with:

php artisan storage:link

So then you can store your documents with:

Storage::putFile('spares', $file);

And access them as an asset with:

asset('storage/spares/filename.ext');

Check out the documentation on the public disk

answered May 04 '17 at 18:48

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what i wanted to achieve was get the list of files in the directory and display it in my view. The solution you have given works for single asset not for getting the full list. – Daniel Euchar May 10 '17 at 02:54

Jakub Kratina · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16T13:31:08.093

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What about Storage::url? It works even for local storage.

You can find more here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/filesystem#file-urls

If you want to return all files' urls from the directory, you can do something like this:

return collect(Storage::files($directory))->map(function($file) {
    return Storage::url($file);
})

Don't forget to inject the \Illuminate\Filesystem\FilesystemManager instead of the Storage facade if you are looking for a not-facade way.

Edit:

There are 2 (or more) ways how you can deal with modified date:

Pass files to the view.

|ou can pass your Storage::files($directory) directly to the view and then in your template use following:

// controller:

return view('view', ['files' => Storage::files($directory)]);

// template:

@foreach($files as $file)
   {{ Storage::url($file) }} - {{ $file->lastModified }} // I'm not sure about lastModified property, but you get the point
@endforeach

Return an array:

return collect(Storage::files($directory))->map(function($file) {
     return [
         'file' => Storage::url($file),
         'modified' => $file->lastModified // or something like this
     ]
})->toArray()

edited May 16 '17 at 13:31

answered May 04 '17 at 18:32

Jakub Kratina

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it works for one file not getting array of files in the folder. – Daniel Euchar May 10 '17 at 02:55
@DanielEuchar so why not to iterate through the folder ( `Storage::files($directory)` - https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/filesystem#directories) and then use `Storage::url` for each file and return as a collection? I updated my answer. – Jakub Kratina May 10 '17 at 08:27
never knew that will give it a go and update. thanks – Daniel Euchar May 10 '17 at 16:00
Sure, we will figure it out! :) Let me know if it works – Jakub Kratina May 10 '17 at 16:27
awesome it works, as well now to also attach last modified along with this data do i create a separate variable or is there a possibility to use collections ? – Daniel Euchar May 12 '17 at 03:06
Great! Show me your code, I'm not sure what you want to achieve. Do you want to pass this collection and last modified information to the view? – Jakub Kratina May 13 '17 at 09:43
sorry for the delayed response, exactly what you just said, i have added the code in my question – Daniel Euchar May 16 '17 at 11:21
Understand. I have updated my answer to show you an example. – Jakub Kratina May 16 '17 at 13:23

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 15:23

I know this question is quite old, but i am putting this answer for anyone still having this issue from laravel 5.5+

To solve the issue update your filesystem's configuration by adding the 'url' key like below:

'public' => [
        'driver' => 'local',
        'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
        'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
        'visibility' => 'public',
    ],

Hope it helps :)

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 19 '20 at 20:17

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Well I figured out the solution, instead of searching the storage

$docs = Storage:files('public/spares');

we can search the symbolic link

$docs = File:files('storage/spares');

then run it through the asset() function to get the public URL. Is there a better solution?

edited Mar 19 '20 at 20:17

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answered May 04 '17 at 18:18

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 12 '22 at 04:18

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$file = Storage::disk('public')->put($folder, request()->file($key), 'public');
$file = Storage::url($file);

edited Nov 12 '22 at 04:18

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answered Nov 09 '22 at 10:43

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Always give explanation to your answers. – Leena Patel Nov 13 '22 at 11:38

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