disqus_delete.py

import requests
import time
from config import API_KEY, API_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, USER_ID


# Get your authentication information from https://disqus.com/api/applications/

AUTH = {
    'api_key': API_KEY,
    'api_secret': API_SECRET,
    'access_token': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS = 50  # 0 to delete everything


def pause_requests(r):
    ratelimit_remaining = r.headers.get('X-Ratelimit-Remaining')
    ratelimit_reset = r.headers.get('X-Ratelimit-Reset')

    if ratelimit_remaining == '0' and ratelimit_reset:
        seconds = float(ratelimit_reset) - time.time() + 60.0
        print('waiting…', seconds / 60.0, 'minutes')
        time.sleep(seconds)
    else:
        time.sleep(0.5)


print('getting posts…')

posts = []

payload = AUTH.copy()
payload['user'] = USER_ID
payload['limit'] = 100
# payload['include'] = 'deleted'  # to overwrite already "removed" posts

while True:
    r = requests.get('https://disqus.com/api/3.0/users/listPosts.json', params=payload)
    data = r.json()
    res = data['response']
    posts = posts + [post['id'] for post in res]

    pause_requests(r)

    if data['cursor']['hasNext']:
        payload['cursor'] = data['cursor']['next']
    else:
        break


print('removing posts from view…')

payload = AUTH.copy()

for i in range(KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS, len(posts), 20):
    post_ids = posts[i : min(i + 20, len(posts))]
    payload['post'] = post_ids
    r = requests.post('https://disqus.com/api/3.0/posts/remove.json', params=payload)
    print('deleted:', i + len(post_ids) - KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS, 'of', len(posts) - KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS)

    pause_requests(r)


print('overwriting post text…')

payload = AUTH.copy()
payload['message'] = '.'

for i in range(KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS, len(posts)):
    payload['post'] = posts[i]
    r = requests.post('https://disqus.com/api/3.0/posts/update.json', params=payload)
    print('overwrote:', i + 1 - KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS, 'of', len(posts) - KEEP_FIRST_N_POSTS)

    pause_requests(r)


print('done')