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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/purge_api/purge_history.sh | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/purge_api/purge_history.sh b/contrib/purge_api/purge_history.sh index 9d5324ea1c..de58dcdbb7 100644 --- a/contrib/purge_api/purge_history.sh +++ b/contrib/purge_api/purge_history.sh @@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ################################################################################################### # finally start pruning the room: ################################################################################################### -POSTDATA='{"delete_local_events":"true"}' # this will really delete local events, so the messages in the room really disappear unless they are restored by remote federation +# this will really delete local events, so the messages in the room really +# disappear unless they are restored by remote federation. This is because +# we pass {"delete_local_events":true} to the curl invocation below. for ROOM in "${ROOMS_ARRAY[@]}"; do echo "########################################### $(date) ################# " @@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ for ROOM in "${ROOMS_ARRAY[@]}"; do SLEEP=2 set -x # call purge - OUT=$(curl --header "$AUTH" -s -d $POSTDATA POST "$API_URL/admin/purge_history/$ROOM/$EVENT_ID") + OUT=$(curl --header "$AUTH" -s -d '{"delete_local_events":true}' POST "$API_URL/admin/purge_history/$ROOM/$EVENT_ID") PURGE_ID=$(echo "$OUT" |grep purge_id|cut -d'"' -f4 ) if [ "$PURGE_ID" == "" ]; then # probably the history purge is already in progress for $ROOM |