Delete discussion programmatically

rloyola

What is the best way to do this?

Thanks

phreak

Hi @rloyola

You will need a custom plugin for that.

I am not sure maybe the “Archive” function still exists in Vanilla. But I guess that is not what you want to achieve.

R_J

The cleanest way is to use the models methods: DiscussionModel::instance()->deleteID will do the trick

   /**
    * Delete a discussion. Update and/or delete all related data.
    *
    * Events: DeleteDiscussion.
    *
    * @param int $discussionID Unique ID of discussion to delete.
    * @param array $options Additional options to control the delete behavior. Not used for discussions.
    * @return bool Always returns **true**.
    */
   public function deleteID($discussionID, $options = []) {

kassius

Maybe you would like to use the Vanilla Forums API, in Python you would request a http DELETE using requests to `https://[yousite.com]/api/v2/discussions/[discussion_id]`

I think (obviously) you will need the authorizations for the request to be accepted, I never tinkered with the api yet, but I think you can manage to do it with this example (or translate it to whichever language you use)

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import requests

ENDPOINT = "https://[yousite.com]/api/v2/discussions/[id]"

x = requests.delete(ENDPOINT)

print(x.text)

Also, for security reasons maybe you would like to configure your webserver to restrict requests only for you specific IP address.