From 43ce10b5a59b75c911c8a93e38463efdee4e820c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaidyn Ann <10477760+JadedCtrl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:56:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add fedi-nuke.sh script, which will remove posts

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 fedi-nuke.sh | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 fedi-nuke.sh

diff --git a/fedi-nuke.sh b/fedi-nuke.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
+# Name: fedi-nuke.sh
+# Desc: Deletes a given status of yours from a Mastodon-compatible fedi server.
+# Reqs: curl, jq
+# Date: 2024-02-13
+# Auth: @jadedctrl@jam.xwx.moe
+#―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
+
+
+# Post a status of the given message and JSON-array of uploaded media-IDs.
+remove_post() {
+	local status_id="$1"
+
+	curl --request DELETE \
+		 --header "Authorization: Bearer $FEDI_AUTH" \
+		 "https://$SERVER/api/v1/statuses/$status_id"
+}
+
+
+# Take a post file generated by fedi-archive.sh, and post it.
+# Just *do it*. Why not? What're you scared of? Huh, huh? Huh?!
+remove_archived_post() {
+	local file="$1"
+	IFS="
+"
+	local id="$(head -1 "$file" | awk '{print $3}')"
+	remove_post "$id"
+}
+
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $(basename "$0") SERVER POST-ID" 1>&1
+	echo "       $(basename "$0") SERVER ARCHIVED-POST" 1>&2
+	echo 1>&2
+	echo 'Will delete a post from a Mastodon-compatible fedi server by either' 1>&1
+	echo 'ID or by an archived-post file (in fedi-archive.sh format).' 1>&2
+	echo 'Your authorization key must be borrowed from your web-browser and' 1>&2
+	echo 'placed in the $FEDI_AUTH environment variable.' 1>&2
+	exit 2
+}
+
+
+if test -z "$FEDI_AUTH"; then
+	echo 'You need to set the environment variable $FEDI_AUTH!' 1>&2
+	echo 'You can find your auth key by examining the "Authentication: Bearer" header' 1>&2
+	echo "used in requests by your server's web-client." 1>&2
+    echo 'In Firefox, F12→Network.' 1>&2
+	echo "" 1>&2
+	usage
+fi
+
+SERVER="$1"
+TARGET="$2"
+if test -z "$SERVER" -o -z "$TARGET" -o "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help"; then
+	usage
+fi
+
+if test -f "$TARGET"; then
+	remove_archived_post "$TARGET"
+else
+	remove_post "$TARGET"
+fi