Batch delete of archived cards with Trello API

trello_delete_archived_cards.py

import requests
import json
import time

API_KEY = ""
API_TOKEN = ""

table_id = ""
url = "https://api.trello.com/1/boards/{}/cards/closed/?key={}&token={}".format(table_id, API_KEY, API_TOKEN)

response = requests.request("GET", url)
results = json.loads(response.text)

# "To help prevent strain on Trello’s servers, our API imposes rate limits per
# API key for all issued tokens. There is a limit of 300 requests per 10
# seconds for each API key and no more than 100 requests per 10 second
# interval for each token. If a request exceeds the limit, Trello will return
# a 429 error."
#
# see https://help.trello.com/article/838-api-rate-limits

count = 0
for o in results:
    if count != 0 and count%100 == 0:
        print("Serviced {} items so far".format(count))
        time.sleep(11)
    if o['closed']:
        url2 = "https://api.trello.com/1/cards/{}/?key={}&token={}".format(o['id'], API_KEY, API_TOKEN)
        print("DELETE {}".format(url2))
        response = requests.request("DELETE", url2)
        print(response.status_code)
    count += 1

Still working as of today. Very helpful to unclutter the search from long gone cards.

Thanks! Here are my quick and dirty modifications to unarchive all archived cards and move them to specified "Closed" list:

    if o['closed']:
        url2 = "https://api.trello.com/1/cards/{}/?closed=false&idList=InsertIdOfYourDestinationList&key={}&token={}".format(o['id'], API_KEY, A
        print("UNARCHIVE {}".format(url2))
        response = requests.request("PUT", url2)
        print(response.status_code)