README.md

Bash script to delete all entries of a specific content type of a contentful space

Usage

bash <(curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jroehl/e96378b14cf35213bfdae060d965ec6f/raw/unpublishAndDelete.sh) "contentTypeId"

unpublishAndDelete.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Configuration
ACCESS_TOKEN=${CONTENTFUL_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN}
SPACE_ID=${CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID}
ENVIRONMENT_ID=${CONTENTFUL_ENVIRONMENT_ID}
CONTENT_TYPE=$1
LIMIT=250
SKIP=0

if [ -z "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ] || [ -z "$SPACE_ID" ] || [ -z "$ENVIRONMENT_ID" ] || [ -z "$CONTENT_TYPE" ]; then
    echo "Please provide all required parameters."
    exit 1
fi

read -p "Are you sure you want to unpublish and delete all entries of content type $CONTENT_TYPE in space $SPACE_ID/$ENVIRONMENT_ID (y/n)? " answer

case ${answer:0:1} in
    y|Y )
        echo "Proceeding..."
    ;;
    * )
        echo "Aborted."
        exit 1
    ;;
esac

# Function to unpublish an entry
unpublish_entry() {
    RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X DELETE "https://api.contentful.com/spaces/$SPACE_ID/environments/$ENVIRONMENT_ID/entries/$1/published" \
        -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
        -H "X-Contentful-Version: $2" \
        --write-out %{http_code} \
        --silent \
        --output /dev/null)
        
    if [[ $RESPONSE -ne 200 ]]; then
        echo "Failed to unpublish entry with ID: $1"
    fi
}

# Function to delete an entry
delete_entry() {
    curl -s -X DELETE "https://api.contentful.com/spaces/$SPACE_ID/environments/$ENVIRONMENT_ID/entries/$1" \
        -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
        -H "X-Contentful-Version: $2" > /dev/null
}

# Fetch entries
while true; do
    ENTRIES=$(curl -s "https://api.contentful.com/spaces/$SPACE_ID/environments/$ENVIRONMENT_ID/entries?content_type=$CONTENT_TYPE&limit=$LIMIT&skip=$SKIP&select=sys" \
        -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN")

    COUNT=$(echo $ENTRIES | jq '.items | length')

    # Break if there are no more entries
    if [[ $COUNT -eq 0 ]]; then
        break
    fi

    # Iterate over each entry
    for i in $( seq 0 $(($COUNT -1)) ); do
        ID=$(echo $ENTRIES | jq -r ".items[$i].sys.id")
        VERSION=$(echo $ENTRIES | jq -r ".items[$i].sys.version")
        echo "Unpublishing and deleting entry with ID: $ID"
        unpublish_entry $ID $VERSION
        delete_entry $ID $VERSION
    done

    # Update SKIP for next batch
    SKIP=$((SKIP + LIMIT))
done

echo "All done!"