Sean Fraser

I have been thinking about doing this as well. However database migration changes require a major version bump. I will include this he next time we have a compelling reason...

Hi all, sorry about the silence. Our family grew over the last few months! I am working on a version 6.0 that will include this compatibility

I have implemented this compatibility in the branch for the upcoming major version release

Reviewing previous feature requests for anything else worth changing in this major version. Hoping to release in the next week

current progress on v6 is available here: #343

Version 6.0.0 has been released.

The library definitely supports using private buckets. You may need to make sure your IAM settings are correctly configured to allow your application to read and write to the private...

I like your solution, I can include a helper for that in next version of the package

I have implemented native handling for data URLs in the branch for the upcoming major version release

Version 6.0.0 has been released. Feel free to open feature requests or your own PRs for the suggestions you implied above