Tumblr Auto-delete.rb

# This script auto deletes any entries you've imported
# to Tumblr via an RSS Feed

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'

# Config
tumblr_address = "http://you.tumblr.com"
email          = "you@you.com"
password       = "password"

# Each imported RSS feed has a unique ID.  To find yours,
# go to http://you.tumblr.com/api/read and locate an entry
# that was imported via RSS.  There should be an attribute
# called rss-feed-id there
rss_feed_id    = "12345"

class Tumblr
  include HTTParty
  format :xml
  
  def self.read(start=0, num=50)
    get(tumblr_address + '/api/read', :query => {:start => start, :num => num})
  end
  
  def self.delete(postid)
    post(tumblr_address + '/api/delete', :query => {:email => email, :password => password, 'post-id' => postid})
  end
end


keep_going = true
start = 0
tweets = []

while keep_going == true
  raw = Tumblr.read(start)
  
  if raw['tumblr']['posts']['start'].to_i > raw['tumblr']['posts']['total'].to_i
    keep_going = false
  else
    tw = raw['tumblr']['posts']['post'].find_all{|a| a['from_feed_id'] == rss_feed_id}
    tweets += tw

    start += 50
  end
end

tweets.each do |t|
  puts '-----'
  puts t['id']
  puts t['regular_body']
  puts Tumblr.delete(t['id'])
end