Delete discussion programmatically

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• phreak MVP

  November 2019 edited November 2019

  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.

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• R_J Admin

  November 2019

  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 = []) {
  
  

  
  

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• kassius New

  November 2019

  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.

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