def get_directory_properties(self, share_name, directory_name, timeout=None):
_validate_not_none('<STR_LIT>', share_name)<EOL>_validate_not_none('<STR_LIT>', directory_name)<EOL>request = HTTPRequest()<EOL>request.method = '<STR_LIT:GET>'<EOL>request.host = self._get_host()<EOL>request.path = _get_path(share_name, directory_name)<EOL>request.query = [<EOL>('<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>'),<EOL>('<STR_LIT>', _int_to_str(timeout)),<EOL>]<EOL>response = self._perform_request(request)<EOL>return _parse_directory(directory_name, response)<EOL>
Returns all user-defined metadata and system properties for the
specified directory. The data returned does not include the directory's
list of files.

:param str share_name:
    Name of existing share.
:param str directory_name:
   The path to an existing directory.
:param int timeout:
    The timeout parameter is expressed in seconds.
:return: properties for the specified directory within a directory object.
:rtype: :class:`~azure.storage.file.models.Directory`