Script to remove post from database

[char101]

Hi,

Since nodebb does not remove post from the database (only marking it as deleted), I have created this script to remove the post
from the database (redis only).

Purge post from nodebb redis db

Purge post from nodebb redis db. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Put it in the same location as config.json, modify as needed, and run with:

$ node remove_post.js.

[Schamper]

Why not create a plugin out of it, using NodeBB's database functions so that it works across all databases?

[char101]

I just want a quick solution.

If you look at the code, I already use the db methods, but the db doesn't provide method to iterate the keys so I have to call redis client directly.

[julian]

@char101 Yeah, we don't expose the KEYS redis command because it is very inefficient O(N) where N is the # of keys in the database

[baris]

Check out this commit https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a65d61290742fef5ed76834a73e069336ebe5b6b and this file https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/src/posts/delete.js.

[char101]

@baris Thanks, now that it's a builtin function, it's even better.

How about notifications that refers to the deleted topic, is these not required to be deleted?