The yml script for deleting a GitHub Package version in GitHub workflow

delete_package_version.yml

# Use this segment in your workflow yml for deleting a GitHub package version
# Search and find these variables and replace with yours.
# ----------------
# In step: Get packages list, set your own values for:
# 	YOUR ID OR YOUR ORG ID
# 	YOUR REPO NAME
#
# In step: Define version to delete, set your own version number to delete:
# 	0.0.1
# ----------------


jobs:
  DeleteExistingPackage:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      - name: Get packages list
        run: |
          curl -X POST \
            -s \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.package-deletes-preview+json" \
            -H "Authorization: bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
            -d '{"query":"query { repository(owner: \"YOUR ID OR YOUR ORG ID\", name:\"YOUR REPO NAME\") { packages(first: 20, names: \"YOUR PACKAGE\") {edges {node {id, name, versions(first:100) {edges {node {id, version}}}}}}}}"}' \
            -o /tmp/github_response.json \
            --url https://api.github.com/graphql
            
      - name: Print cat response
        run: cat /tmp/github_response.json
      
      - name: Create idfile
        run: echo -e "import json, sys\nidfile = open('/tmp/idfile', 'w')\nidfile.close()" | python

      - name: Define version to delete
        id: versionNameStep
        run: echo "::set-output name=version::0.0.1" # replace 0.0.1 to the version number to delete
        
      - name: Filter version id
        run: echo -e "import json, sys\nf = open('/tmp/github_response.json',)\nobj = json.load(f)\npackages=obj['data']['repository']['packages']['edges'][0]['node']['versions']['edges']\nfor p in packages:\n  if p['node']['version'] == '"${{steps.versionNameStep.outputs.version}}"':\n    idfile = open('/tmp/idfile', 'w')\n    idfile.write(p['node']['id'])\n    idfile.close()\n    break" | python

      - name: Print cat idfile
        run: cat /tmp/idfile
        
      - name: Set package version id
        id: versionIdStep
        run: echo "::set-output name=id::"$(cat /tmp/idfile)

      - name: Delete package version if exists
        # run: echo "package version id = " ${{ steps.versionIdStep.outputs.id }}
        uses: actions/delete-package-versions@v1
        if: steps.versionIdStep.outputs.id != ''
        with:
          package-version-ids: ${{ steps.versionIdStep.outputs.id }}