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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script will use the api:
+#    https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
+# 
+# It will purge all messages in a list of rooms up to a cetrain event
+
+###################################################################################################
+# define your domain and admin user
+###################################################################################################
+# add this user as admin in your home server:
+DOMAIN=yourserver.tld
+# add this user as admin in your home server:
+ADMIN="@you_admin_username:$DOMAIN"
+
+API_URL="$DOMAIN:8008/_matrix/client/r0"
+
+###################################################################################################
+#choose the rooms to prune old messages from (add a free comment at the end)
+###################################################################################################
+# the room_id's you can get e.g. from your Riot clients "View Source" button on each message
+ROOMS_ARRAY=(
+'!DgvjtOljKujDBrxyHk:matrix.org#riot:matrix.org'
+'!QtykxKocfZaZOUrTwp:matrix.org#Matrix HQ'
+)
+
+# ALTERNATIVELY:
+# you can select all the rooms that are not encrypted and loop over the result:
+# SELECT room_id FROM rooms WHERE room_id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT room_id FROM events WHERE type ='m.room.encrypted')
+# or
+# select all rooms with at least 100 members:
+# SELECT q.room_id FROM (select count(*) as numberofusers, room_id FROM current_state_events WHERE type ='m.room.member'
+#   GROUP BY room_id) AS q LEFT JOIN room_aliases a ON q.room_id=a.room_id WHERE q.numberofusers > 100 ORDER BY numberofusers desc
+
+###################################################################################################
+# evaluate the EVENT_ID before which should be pruned
+###################################################################################################
+# choose a time before which the messages should be pruned:
+TIME='12 months ago'
+# ALTERNATIVELY:
+# a certain time:
+# TIME='2016-08-31 23:59:59'
+
+# creates a timestamp from the given time string:
+UNIX_TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s%3N --date='TZ="UTC+2" '"$TIME")
+
+# ALTERNATIVELY:
+# prune all messages that are older than 1000 messages ago:
+# LAST_MESSAGES=1000
+# SQL_GET_EVENT="SELECT event_id from events WHERE type='m.room.message' AND room_id ='$ROOM' ORDER BY received_ts DESC LIMIT 1 offset $(($LAST_MESSAGES - 1))"
+
+# ALTERNATIVELY:
+# select the EVENT_ID manually:
+#EVENT_ID='$1471814088343495zpPNI:matrix.org' # an example event from 21st of Aug 2016 by Matthew
+
+###################################################################################################
+# make the admin user a server admin in the database with
+###################################################################################################
+# psql -A -t --dbname=synapse -c "UPDATE users SET admin=1 WHERE name LIKE '$ADMIN'"
+
+###################################################################################################
+# database function
+###################################################################################################
+sql (){
+  # for sqlite3:
+  #sqlite3 homeserver.db "pragma busy_timeout=20000;$1" | awk '{print $2}'
+  # for postgres:
+  psql -A -t --dbname=synapse -c "$1" | grep -v 'Pager'
+}
+
+###################################################################################################
+# get an access token
+###################################################################################################
+# for example externally by watching Riot in your browser's network inspector
+# or internally on the server locally, use this:
+TOKEN=$(sql "SELECT token FROM access_tokens WHERE user_id='$ADMIN' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1")
+AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
+
+###################################################################################################
+# check, if your TOKEN works. For example this works: 
+###################################################################################################
+# $ curl --header "$AUTH" "$API_URL/rooms/$ROOM/state/m.room.power_levels" 
+
+###################################################################################################
+# finally start pruning the room:
+###################################################################################################
+POSTDATA='{"delete_local_events":"true"}' # this will really delete local events, so the messages in the room really disappear unless they are restored by remote federation
+
+for ROOM in "${ROOMS_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+    echo "########################################### $(date) ################# "
+    echo "pruning room: $ROOM ..."
+    ROOM=${ROOM%#*}
+    #set -x
+    echo "check for alias in db..."
+    # for postgres:
+    sql "SELECT * FROM room_aliases WHERE room_id='$ROOM'"
+    echo "get event..."
+    # for postgres:
+    EVENT_ID=$(sql "SELECT event_id FROM events WHERE type='m.room.message' AND received_ts<'$UNIX_TIMESTAMP' AND room_id='$ROOM' ORDER BY received_ts DESC LIMIT 1;")
+    if [ "$EVENT_ID" == "" ]; then
+      echo "no event $TIME"
+    else
+      echo "event: $EVENT_ID"
+      SLEEP=2
+      set -x
+      # call purge
+      OUT=$(curl --header "$AUTH" -s -d $POSTDATA POST "$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
+        : "continuing with next room"
+      else
+        while : ; do
+          # get status of purge and sleep longer each time if still active
+          sleep $SLEEP
+          STATUS=$(curl --header "$AUTH" -s GET "$API_URL/admin/purge_history_status/$PURGE_ID" |grep status|cut -d'"' -f4)
+          : "$ROOM --> Status: $STATUS"
+          [[ "$STATUS" == "active" ]] || break 
+          SLEEP=$((SLEEP + 1))
+        done 
+      fi
+      set +x
+      sleep 1
+    fi  
+done
+
+
+###################################################################################################
+# additionally
+###################################################################################################
+# to benefit from pruning large amounts of data, you need to call VACUUM to free the unused space.
+# This can take a very long time (hours) and the client have to be stopped while you do so:
+# $ synctl stop
+# $ sqlite3 -line homeserver.db "vacuum;"
+# $ synctl start
+
+# This could be set, so you don't need to prune every time after deleting some rows:
+# $ sqlite3 homeserver.db "PRAGMA auto_vacuum = FULL;"
+# be cautious, it could make the database somewhat slow if there are a lot of deletions
+
+exit