Deleting a Directory¶

Method¶

DELETE

Endpoint URL¶

https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/files/<path>

where:

Argument	Description
`<path>`	Path of the directory to delete in the Backendless file storage.

Request headers¶

user-token: optional value obtained as a result of the login operation.

where:

Argument Description

user-token Optional header. Contains a value returned by Backendless in a preceding user Login API call. If user-token is set in the request, the currently logged in user will be assigned to the ownerId property of the user object which is being saved. Additionally, the operation will be executed with the security policy associated currently logged in user. This means all permissions associated with the user and the roles assigned to the user will be enforced by Backendless.

Request Body:¶

None

Response Body¶

None or error.

Example¶

curl -X DELETE \  
-v http://xxxx.backendless.app/files/picsfolder

Codeless Reference¶

file_codeless_delete_directory_1

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:

file_codeless_delete_directory_2

The example below deletes the "async" directory.

file_codeless_delete_directory_3