delete_blob() seems to delete only the files inside the container and from folders and subfolders inside the container. But i'm seeing below error in python while trying to delete a folder from container.
Client-Request-ID=7950669c-2c4a-11e8-88e7-00155dbf7128 Retry policy did not allow for a retry: Server-Timestamp=Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:25:00 GMT, Server-Request-ID=54d1a5d6-b01e-007b-5e57-c08528000000, HTTP status code=404, Exception=The specified blob does not exist.ErrorCode: BlobNotFound
BlobNotFoundThe specified blob does not exist.RequestId:54d1a5d6-b01e-007b-5e57-c08528000000Time:2018-03-20T14:25:01.2130063Z.azure.common.AzureMissingResourceHttpError: The specified blob does not exist.ErrorCode: BlobNotFound
BlobNotFoundThe specified blob does not exist. RequestId:54d1a5d6-b01e-007b-5e57-c08528000000 Time:2018-03-20T14:25:01.2130063Z
Could anyone please help here?
In Azure Blob Storage, as such a folder doesn't exist. It is just a prefix for a blob's name. For example, if you see a folder named images and it contains a blob called myfile.png, then essentially the blob's name is images/myfile.png. Because the folders don't really exist (they are virtual), you can't delete the folder directly.
What you need to do is delete all blobs individually in that folder (or in other words delete the blobs whose name begins with that virtual folder name/path. Once you have deleted all the blobs, then that folder automatically goes away.
In order to accomplish this, first you would need to fetch all blobs whose name starts with the virtual folder path. For that you will use list_blobs method and specify the virtual folder path in prefix parameter. This will give you a list of blobs starting with that prefix. Once you have that list, you will delete the blobs one by one.