tbarbette / mediadc-massdelete

Use the json export of MediaDC (NextCloud app) to massively delete files

MediaDC Mass Deleter

Use the json export of MediaDC (NextCloud app) to delete duplicates pictures massively

usage: MediaDC - Mass deleter [-h] [--exclude EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]] [--include INCLUDE [INCLUDE ...]] [--dry-run] [--different-path-only] --host
                              HOST --login LOGIN --password PASSWORD [--verify-ssl]
                              json

Takes the json export from MediaDC and massively delete all replicates

positional arguments:
  json                  Path to the json file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --exclude EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]
                        Do not delete files whose path contains this (if size is similar)
  --include INCLUDE [INCLUDE ...]
                        Prefer to delete files whose path contains this (if size is similar)
  --dry-run             Do not actually delete files
  --different-path-only
                        Only delete files in different path (to avoid deleting pictures just a bit similar)
  --host HOST           WebDav full URL as given in the bottom left of the root URL
  --login LOGIN         Login
  --password PASSWORD   Password
  --verify-ssl          Do verify SSL certificate

Getting the json file out of MediaDC

Example

Sample command : python3 mediadc_delete.py --exclude workspace --include DCIM Temp Import Upload temp --host "https://server.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/user" --login user --password XXX ../../Downloads/2_task_results_export.json --different-path-only