deleting posts of an account

[crazycells]

Hi @baris , is there any code you can give us so that we can delete the posts by an account? (let's say user id:54321)

Additionally, on the profile options, when I click "delete content", it actually purges the content, not deletes it. On a thread, when I "delete" a post, it just makes the post invisible but the post stays there. I think it would make more sense to say "purge content"...

[crazycells]

additionally, do spiders read the content of a deleted post? do they show up on google search results?

[baris]

Spiders wouldn't see deleted post content unless the spider group is given the view deleted privilege.

[baris]

For deleting posts of a user something like this should work.

/* globals require, console, process */

'use strict';

const nconf = require('nconf');

nconf.file({
	file: 'config.json',
});

nconf.defaults({
	base_dir: __dirname,
	views_dir: './build/public/templates',
	upload_path: 'public/uploads',
});

const db = require('./src/database');

const uid = '123';

db.init(async (err) => {
	const meta = require('./src/meta');
	await meta.configs.init();
	if (err) {
		console.log(`NodeBB could not connect to your database. Error: ${err.message}`);
		process.exit();
	}

	await deletePosts();
	console.log('done');
	process.exit();
});

async function deletePosts() {
	const pids = await db.getSortedSetRange(`uid:${uid}:posts`, 0, -1);
	const posts = require('./src/posts');
	for (const pid of pids) {
		await posts.delete(pid, 1);
	}
}

Replace the value of uid with the target user.

[crazycells]

@baris good, I checked the moderation privileges... spiders are not given "view deleted posts" privilege...

so, technically, from the search engine results perspective, purging the post is the same as deleting post...

[crazycells]

@baris thanks for the code