PYTHON

django-storages delete folder

from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class

default_storage = get_storage_class()()

@receiver(pre_delete, sender=OrganizationFile)
def delete_has_folder(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
    # get filename that will be equals to the relative path but not actually the filename
    path = Path(instance.file.name)
    # get a parent folder str
    folder_path = str(path.parent)
    
    # delete a file
    instance.file.delete()
    # delete a folder. 
    #  shutil.rmtree(absolute_path) wouldn't work
    #  because instance.file.path will raise an error.
    #  hence the only way is to delete with a storage default_storage.delete
    default_storage.delete(folder_path)

    logger.info(f'Pre delete {instance}. Deleted the hash folder {folder_path}')