Script to bulk delete gitlab issues.

issues.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

declare -i _page=0
declare -i _number_of_pages=0
declare _person_access_token="asdfasdfasdfsadf"
declare _gitlab_host="https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4"
declare _assignee="12345"
declare _url="${_gitlab_host}/issues?private_token=${_person_access_token}&assignee=${_assignee}&per_page=100"

_number_of_pages=$(curl -i -I "${_url}" | grep x-total-pages | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')

while [ $_page -lt "$_number_of_pages" ]; do
  _page=$((_page+1))
  _url="${_gitlab_host}/v4/issues?private_token=${_person_access_token}&assignee=${_assignee}&per_page=100&page=${_page}"
  _data=$(curl "${_url}" | jq -r '.[] | "\(.iid) \(.project_id)"')

  while read -r _info; do
    echo "Project [${_project_id}] Issue [${_issue_iid}]"
    _issue_iid=$(echo "${_info}" | awk '{print $1}')
    _project_id=$(echo "${_info}" | awk '{print $2}')
    _url="${_gitlab_host}/projects/${_project_id}/issues/${_issue_iid}"
    curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${_person_access_token}" "${_url}"
  done <<< "${_data}"
done