Downloading a File

You can use one of the following ways to download a file from Firebase Storage:

• useDownloadLink hook to get the link to download
• useDownloadBlob hook to directly download the bytes to process it yourself
• useDownloadBytes hook to directly download the bytes to process it yourself
• StorageDownloadLink component

useDownloadBlob vs. useDownloadBytes

useDownloadBlob uses getBlob function in Firebase Storage under the hood while useDownloadBytes uses getBytes.

So, useDownloadBlob returns Blob as useDownloadBytes returns ArrayBuffer.

Generally speaking, both data types represent array of bytes but have subtle differences. You can refer to this Stackoverflow answer to learn about the difference.