Amplify Storage remove folder

[blasco]

I can see many files for a given folder in s3, I can list the files with:

    const storedFiles = await Storage.list(`pathToFolder`);

and I can download the files with:

      const url: string = await Storage.get(fileKey) as string;
      window.open(url, '_blank');

The remove method doesn't through any error when I try to delete the folder, but it doesn't seem to work either.Is there a way to remove a folder and all files under it?

[attilah]

This seems to be a AmplifyJS related issue, transferring to their repo.

[elorzafe]

@blasco

The way to delete all the files under a prefix is by listing the files first and then delete each key one by one.

Buckets are not File systems, the bucket can be organized under prefixes so you can get the list of keys under the prefix but you cannot perform actions like the one you mention.

[blasco]

@elorzafe It can be done in the web console though

[ashika01]

@blasco This is not possible right now. But I can mark this as feature request to bring this functionality into our storage category. The way to do this right now would be to do workaround @elorzafe suggested.

[IsaacTrevino]

+1 -R feature

[hanna-becker]

I know we can't delete "directories" through the S3 API, as the concept of directories does not exist in S3. However, I was expecting Storage to abstract this limitation away from us by offering an option to do that. After all, it is a wrapper that should simplify file handling for us.

[abdallahshaban557]

Thank you all of the feedback on this feature request! We will provide updates when we have made some progress in creating in the abstraction needed here!

[Eliav2]

this is really weird that years has passed and this feature is not yet available. the SDK even not throws error or warning, it's just does not work