how to move files from managed_folders to another

jdorgani

Hi everyone,

I am trying to move files from a managed_folders to another. In the managed folder's API documentation I see this function copy_to(target, write_mode='OVERWRITE'), but with this copies all the files when I only need to copy some. Is there a way to move the files without having to read them and then write them?

Alexandru

Hi @jdorgani
,

Have you tried using the merge folder recipe?

https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/connecting/managed_folders.html#merge-folder-recipe

This would do exactly what you are looking for.

If you need the Python API, you can to iterate through the files and copy each of them.

https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/python-api/managed_folders.html#dataiku.Folder.list_paths_in_partition

Thanks