Deleting a Directory

To delete a directory from the Backendless file storage, it must be identified by the its path. Directories in the Backendless storage have the following URL structure:

https://api.backendless.com/<application id>/<REST API Key>/files/<path>

The API to delete a directory uses the <path> element from the URL above.

Objective-CSwift

- (void)removeWithPath:(NSString * _Nonnull)path responseHandler:^(void)responseHandler errorHandler:^(Fault * _Nonnull)errorHandler;

- (void)removeWithPath:(NSString * _Nonnull)path pattern:(NSString * _Nonnull)pattern recursive:(BOOL)recursive responseHandler:^(void)responseHandler errorHandler:^(Fault * _Nonnull)errorHandler;

func remove(path: String, responseHandler: (() -> Void)!, errorHandler: ((Fault) -> Void)!)

func remove(path: String, pattern: String, recursive: Bool, responseHandler: (() -> Void)!, errorHandler: ((Fault) -> Void)!)

where:

Argument	Description
path	path of the directory to delete.

Example

Objective-CSwift

[Backendless.shared.file removeWithPath:@"myfiles" responseHandler:^{
    NSLog(@"File has been removed");
} errorHandler:^(Fault *fault) {
    NSLog(@"Error: %@", fault.message);
}];

Backendless.shared.file.remove(path: "myfiles", responseHandler: {
    print("File has been removed")
}, errorHandler: { fault in
    print("Error: \(fault.message ?? "")")
})

Codeless Reference

where:

Argument	Description
directory path	A path leading to a directory which must be deleted along with other files and subdirectories. The path must start with the root directory of the remote file storage.

This operation does not return a value.

Consider the following directory:

The example below deletes the "async" directory.