Delete runs for a workflow using GH cli / node.js

delete_runs.js

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const { execSync } = require('child_process');

function deleteRuns(workflowName, repoNameWithOwner) {
    try {
        // Get the list of run IDs
        execSync(`gh run list --json databaseId -w ${workflowName} -L 9999 -q '.[].databaseId' > temp.txt`);

        // Read and process each run ID
        const runIds = fs.readFileSync('temp.txt', 'utf8').trim().split('\n');
        console.log(`Deleting ${runIds.length} runs...`);
        
        runIds.forEach((runId, i) => {
            console.log(`Deletion #${i} of ${runIds.length}. Deleting run with ID: ${runId}`);
            execSync(`gh api "repos/${repoNameWithOwner}/actions/runs/${runId}" -X DELETE`);
            console.log(`Deleted run with ID: ${runId}`);
        });
        
        // Clean up temporary file
        fs.unlinkSync('temp.txt');
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('An error occurred:', error);
    }
}

// Check if the workflow name and repo name with owner are provided
if (process.argv.length !== 4) {
    console.log(`Usage: node ${path.basename(__filename)} <workflow-name> <repo-name-with-owner>`);
    process.exit(1);
}

const workflowName = process.argv[2];
const repoNameWithOwner = process.argv[3];

deleteRuns(workflowName, repoNameWithOwner);