purge_tumblr.rb

# Delete all imported Tumblr posts from Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr, etc.
# by Michael D. Ivey
# based on Michael Gorsuch's http://bit.ly/7Ng55u
# No rights reserved, DWTFYWWI

require 'rubygems'
require 'tumblr'
require 'hpricot'
 
config = {
  :email => '[email protected]',
  :password => 'XXXXXXXXXX',
  :name => 'ivey'
}
 
tumblr = Tumblr.for config

s = 10

loop do
  xml = tumblr.read(:xml, :num => 50).content
  doc = Hpricot(xml)
  puts "Looping: " + (doc/:post).size.to_s
  
  (doc/:post).each do |p|
    if p.attributes['feed-item']
      puts p.attributes['feed-item']
      resp = tumblr.delete(:xml, 'post-id' => p.attributes["id"])
      sleep s
      if resp.status_code == 503
        puts "Throttled (#{s})"
        s = s * 5
        redo
      else
        s = 10
      end
    end
  end
end