delete_spammer_comments.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on 01/11/15

@author: sampfeiffer

delete_spammer_comments.py

You need selenium:
pip install selenium

And Firefox
"""

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException, NoSuchElementException

HEADER = '\033[95m'
OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
WARNING = '\033[93m'
FAIL = '\033[91m'
ENDC = '\033[0m'


def login(web_driver, login_url):
    driver.get(login_url)
    raw_input("Login manually, when you are done, press any key + Enter")


def hit_delete(web_driver, url):
    print "Hitting delete writing reason: spam at url:\n " + str(url)
    driver.get(url)
    try:
        comment_field = driver.find_element_by_id("comment")
        comment_field.send_keys('spam')
        driver.find_element_by_name("delete").click()
    except NoSuchElementException:
        print FAIL + "Could not find element, probably the page was already deleted" + ENDC

if __name__ == '__main__':
    login_url = "http://wiki.ros.org/action/login/Documentation?action=login"
    # Fill here urls to delete...
    urls_to_delete = ['http://wiki.ros.org/Call%20%40%201800~298~2042%20QUICKBOOKS%20Technical%20Support%20Team%20Phone%20Number']
    driver = webdriver.Firefox()
    login(driver, login_url)
    for url in urls_to_delete:
        delete_url = url + "?action=DeletePage"
        hit_delete(driver, delete_url)