Deletes Content from SailThru API by URL

delete-sailthru-content-post.py

import hashlib
import json
import requests
import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("❌ Usage:")
    print("python3 delete-sailthru-content-post.py <id_or_url>")
    sys.exit(1)

content_id = sys.argv[1]

with open("credentials-prod.json") as f:
    creds = json.load(f)

API_KEY = creds["API_KEY"]
SECRET = creds["SECRET"]

# If you want URL auto-detection, uncomment this block:
# if content_id.startswith("http://") or content_id.startswith("https://"):
#     payload = {"url": content_id}
# else:
#     payload = {"id": content_id}

payload = {"id": content_id}

format_type = "json"
json_str = json.dumps(payload, separators=(",", ":"))
sig_str = SECRET + API_KEY + format_type + json_str
sig = hashlib.md5(sig_str.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()

params = {
    "api_key": API_KEY,
    "format": format_type,
    "json": json_str,
    "sig": sig,
}

response = requests.delete("https://api.sailthru.com/content", params=params)

print("\n--- Sailthru Response ---")
print("Input:", content_id)
print("Status:", response.status_code)
print("URL:", response.url)

try:
    res_json = response.json()
    print(json.dumps(res_json, indent=2))
except json.JSONDecodeError:
    print("⚠️ Could not parse JSON response")
    print(response.text)

print("\n--------------------------\n")