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.

Backendless.Files.removeDirectory( path )
 .then( function() {
 })
 .catch( function( error ) {
 });

where:

Argument	Description
path	path of the directory to delete.

Return Value

None.

Example

Backendless.Files.remove( "my-folder/pics" )
 .then( function() {
   console.log( "directory has been deleted" );
 })
 .catch( function( error ) {
   console.log( "error - " + error.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.