Delete folder with contents from Firebase Storage

Question

I can easily delete a file within a child reference, but how would I delete the entire folder from Firebase Storage?

let postRef = FIRStorage.storage().reference().child("posts/folderName")
    postRef.deleteWithCompletion { (error) in
        print(error)
    }

Error file does not exists. Any ideas?

Solution

Long story short, we haven't implemented a recursive (or folder) delete. This topic is covered in another post: FirebaseStorage: How to Delete Directory

For now, we recommend either storing a list of files in another source (like the Realtime Database) or using the list API, and then deleting files as necessary.

You can also perform this type of delete in the Firebase Console (console.firebase.google.com).

In the future, we may offer this sort of functionality, but don't have it fully spec'ed out.