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Azure FileProperties content missing on list_directories_and_files

I am using Django 2.0.4, Python 3.5 and an Azure FileStorage:

Azure Python API

Seems to work with Blobs

Everything is working fine with the Azure Python package. Now I want to list all files of one directory and see their LastModified property and some other properties:

# getting Azure service
azureService = getAzureService()

# list all files in directory
archivesList = azureService.list_directories_and_files('myfilestoragename', directory_name='archives')
for element in archivesList:
    element_name = element.name
    element_lastmodified = element.properties.last_modified
    element_contentlength = element.properties.content_length

The problem is: element_lastmodified is always None But element_contentlength has a valid value.

When I am using MS Azure Storage Explorer and have a look into the properties of each file, the property LastModified has a valid timestamp.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Solution

  • last_modified is always None because unfortunately the service does not return this info when listing directories and files. Please refer to the REST doc here.

    To get the last modified time of files/directories, please use get_directory_properties and get_file_properties.