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Remove all files from plotly account
import plotly
import plotly.plotly as py
import json
import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
username = '' # Replace with YOUR USERNAME
api_key = '' # Replace with YOUR API KEY
auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, api_key)
headers = {'Plotly-Client-Platform': 'python'}
def get_pages(username, page_size):
url = 'https://api.plot.ly/v2/folders/all?user='+username+'&page_size='+str(page_size)
response = requests.get(url, auth=auth, headers=headers)
if response.status_code != 200:
return
page = json.loads(response.content)
yield page
while True:
resource = page['children']['next']
if not resource:
break
response = requests.get(resource, auth=auth, headers=headers)
if response.status_code != 200:
break
page = json.loads(response.content)
yield page
def permanently_delete_files(username, page_size=500, filetype_to_delete='plot'):
count = 0
for page in get_pages(username, page_size):
for x in range(0, len(page['children']['results'])):
fid = page['children']['results'][x]['fid']
res = requests.get('https://api.plot.ly/v2/files/' + fid, auth=auth, headers=headers)
res.raise_for_status()
if res.status_code == 200:
json_res = json.loads(res.content)
if json_res['filetype'] == filetype_to_delete:
# move to trash
requests.post('https://api.plot.ly/v2/files/'+fid+'/trash', auth=auth, headers=headers)
# permanently delete
count += 1
print(count)
requests.delete('https://api.plot.ly/v2/files/'+fid+'/permanent_delete', auth=auth, headers=headers)
permanently_delete_files(username, filetype_to_delete='plot')
permanently_delete_files(username, filetype_to_delete='grid')
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