Added support for directory operations

Author: zezha-msft

azure-storage-blob/ChangeLog.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 > See [BreakingChanges](BreakingChanges.md) for a detailed list of API breaks.
 
+## Version XX.XX.XX
+
+- Added support for directory operations: create, rename, and delete.
+
 ## Version 2.1.0:
 
 - Support for 2019-02-02 REST version. Please see our REST API documentation and blog for information about the related added features.
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@
 - Updated dependency on azure-storage-common.
 
 ## Version 2.0.0:
+
 - Support for 2018-11-09 REST version. Please see our REST API documentation and blog for information about the related added features.
 - Added support for append block from URL(synchronously) for append blobs.
 - Added support for update page from URL(synchronously) for page blobs.

azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_constants.py

@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 
 # internal configurations, should not be changed
 _LARGE_BLOB_UPLOAD_MAX_READ_BUFFER_SIZE = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+
+_BLOB_SERVICE_PUBLIC_CLOUD_HOST = 'blob.core.windows.net'
+_DFS_SERVICE_PUBLIC_CLOUD_HOST = 'dfs.core.windows.net'

azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_deserialization.py

@@ -648,3 +648,8 @@ def _parse_sub_response_to_http_response(sub_response):
         body_stream.close()
 
     return batch_http_sub_response
+
+
+def _parse_continuation_token(response):
+    marker = response.headers.get('x-ms-continuation')
+    return marker if marker is not '' else None

azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_serialization.py

@@ -302,3 +302,12 @@ def _serialize_query(query):
         del serialized_query[-1]
 
     return ''.join(serialized_query)
+
+
+# TODO to be removed after service update
+def _add_file_or_directory_properties_header(properties_dict, request):
+    if properties_dict:
+        if not request.headers:
+            request.headers = {}
+        request.headers['x-ms-properties'] = \
+            ",".join(["{}={}".format(str(name), _encode_base64(value)) for name, value in properties_dict.items()])