Flyte Directory in the new Flytekit API

[SandraGH5]

In the old Flytekit, giving the s3 directory name.download() created a local path and downloaded contents from s3.
Something like this:

@inputs(mission_metric_dir_blobs=[Types.MultiPartBlob])

....

for mission_metric in mission_metric_dir_blobs:
        mission_metric.download()

and using mission_metric.local_path - 

I could reference the directory and all its local contents.

What is its equivalent in the new Flytekit API where I want Flyte to locally download an s3(remote) Flytedirectory?

@varshaparthay

[SandraGH5]

Use FlyteFile or FlyteDirectory (native types) to reference a remote File or directory
os.fspath(flytedir) will download and return the local path.
os.listdir() works too, and os.path.join

References:

• Working With Folders
• flytekit.types.directory.FlyteDirectory

@jeevb
@katrogan
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