Delete ASPACE repository

delete_repo.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
require 'json'
require 'rest_client'
require "highline/import"

# point this to your AS backend
BACKEND_URL = "http://localhost:8089"
TOKEN = { "X-ArchivesSpace-Session" => JSON.parse( RestClient.post "#{BACKEND_URL}/users/admin/login", { password: 'admin'} )["session"] }


def delete_resource(resource)
  puts "- deleting #{resource["uri"]}"
	RestClient.delete("#{BACKEND_URL}/#{resource["uri"]}", TOKEN)
end

def delete_repo(repo)
	%w{  accessions archival_objects classification_terms classifications digital_object_components digital_objects events resources }.each do |klass|
		# iterate thru list of resources in the repo
    puts "#{BACKEND_URL}/#{repo}/#{klass}?all_ids=true"
	  puts "#" * 30 
    puts "deleting #{klass}"	
    JSON(RestClient.get( "#{BACKEND_URL}/#{repo}/#{klass}?all_ids=true", TOKEN )).each do |resource_id|
			# get the resource
			resource = JSON(RestClient.get( "#{BACKEND_URL}/#{repo}/#{klass}/#{resource_id}", TOKEN ) )
			if resource.has_key?("children")		
				resource["children"].each { |child| delete_resource(child) }
			end
      begin
			  delete_resource(resource)
      rescue RestClient::Conflict
        puts "#{resource["uri"]} cannot be delete because of a parent. you >>MIGHT<< need to rerun the script again if the repository won't delete. sorry " 
        next 
      end
    end
	end
  puts "Attempting to delete #{repo}"
  puts "\n\n"
  RestClient.delete("#{BACKEND_URL}/#{repo}", TOKEN)

end
 
# get a list of repos
repos = JSON.parse( RestClient.get "#{BACKEND_URL}/repositories" ).collect { |repo| repo["uri"] }

puts "#" * 100 
puts "#"
puts "#\t Repositories available to delete: "
puts "#"
puts "#\t #{ repos.join(' , ')}"
puts "#\n#\n#\n" 
puts "#" * 100

repo = ask "Select repository to delete ( you have to enter it exactly .. ) : "
repo.chomp!
exit if repo.nil?

if repos.include?(repo)
	puts "\n\n\n"
	puts "!" * 100
	puts "!\t DANGER "
	puts "!"
	puts "!\t YOU ARE ABOUT TO DELETE #{repo}"
	puts "!"
  puts "!" * 100
  puts "\n\n"
  input = ask "PLEASE RE-ENTER THE REPOSITORY NAME TO VERIFY THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO : "
  
  unless input.chomp == repo
 	  puts  "#{ input.chomp} not found in available repos" 
    exit
  end
  
  delete_repo(repo)

else
  puts "#{repo} not found in available repos."
end