Bulk delete GitHub issues through the GraphQL API

bulk_delete_github_issues.mjs

// Usage: create a personal GitHub token, export it as GH_PAT environment variable, and run this script
// It will print a list of ids + titles of the most recent 25 issues and ask for confirmation before deleting

import {
    graphql
} from "@octokit/graphql";
import * as readline from "node:readline";

const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
});

const {
    repository
} = await graphql(
    `
    {
      repository(owner: "artilleryio", name: "artillery") {
        issues(last: 25) {
          edges {
            node {
              id
	      title
	      number
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  `, {
        headers: {
            authorization: `token ${process.env.GH_PAT}`,
        },
    },
);

for (const e of repository.issues.edges) {
    const id = e.node.id;
    const title = e.node.title;
    console.log(id, title);
}

rl.question('Delete all issues above? Type "yes" to confirm, "no" or Ctrl+C to cancel: ', async (input) => {
    if (input === 'yes') {
        for (const e of repository.issues.edges) {
            const id = e.node.id;
            await graphql(`
                  mutation($issueId: ID!) {
                    deleteIssue(input: {issueId: $issueId}) {
                      clientMutationId
                    }
                  }
    `, {
                headers: {
                    authorization: `token ${process.env.GH_PAT}`
                },
                issueId: id
            });
            console.log('deleted', id);
        }
    } else {
        console.log('exiting without doing anything');
    }
    process.exit(0);
});