Script for deleting all items from a list (even if the list itself was deleted)

delete_list_items.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# to install minisky: `gem install minisky`

require 'minisky'

list_id = ARGV[0]

if list_id.nil?
  puts "Usage: #{$PROGRAM_NAME} <list_rkey>"
  puts "(rkey is the last part of the list URL after the last slash)"
  exit 1
end

if !File.exist?('config.yml')
  puts "Missing config.yml file"
  puts "Prepare a config.yml file with:"
  puts
  puts "id: my.handle.social"
  puts "pass: app_password"
  exit 1
end

sky = Minisky.new('bsky.social', 'config.yml', progress: '.')
sky.check_access

puts "Loading list items:"

items = sky.fetch_all('com.atproto.repo.listRecords',
  { collection: 'app.bsky.graph.listitem', repo: sky.user.did, limit: 100 }, field: 'records')

matching_items = items.select { |x| x['value']['list'].split('/').last == list_id }

puts
puts "Found #{items.length} items, #{matching_items.length} from list #{list_id}"
puts

puts "Deleting matching items:"

matching_items.each do |x|
  sky.post_request('com.atproto.repo.deleteRecord', {
    collection: 'app.bsky.graph.listitem', repo: sky.user.did, rkey: x['uri'].split('/').last
  })
  print '.'
end

puts
puts "Done."