azure-storage-file-datalake-py

name	azure-storage-file-datalake-py
description	Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 SDK for Python. Use for hierarchical file systems, big data analytics, and file/directory operations.
type	skill
created	2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
domain	cloud-infrastructure
category	azure
risk	unknown
source	community
tags	["skill","cloud-infrastructure","azure","storage","file"]

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 SDK for Python

Hierarchical file system for big data analytics workloads.

Installation

pip install azure-storage-file-datalake azure-identity

Environment Variables

AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_URL=https://<account>.dfs.core.windows.net

Authentication

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.storage.filedatalake import DataLakeServiceClient

credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
account_url = "https://<account>.dfs.core.windows.net"

service_client = DataLakeServiceClient(account_url=account_url, credential=credential)

Client Hierarchy

Client	Purpose
DataLakeServiceClient	Account-level operations
FileSystemClient	Container (file system) operations
DataLakeDirectoryClient	Directory operations
DataLakeFileClient	File operations

File System Operations

# Create file system (container)
file_system_client = service_client.create_file_system("myfilesystem")

# Get existing
file_system_client = service_client.get_file_system_client("myfilesystem")

# Delete
service_client.delete_file_system("myfilesystem")

# List file systems
for fs in service_client.list_file_systems():
    print(fs.name)

Directory Operations

file_system_client = service_client.get_file_system_client("myfilesystem")

# Create directory
directory_client = file_system_client.create_directory("mydir")

# Create nested directories
directory_client = file_system_client.create_directory()


directory_client = file_system_client.get_directory_client()


directory_client.delete_directory()


directory_client.rename_directory(new_name=)