add script for removing old pipelines from GitLab [skip ci]

Author: briancaffey

delete_pipelines.sh

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+# this script removes old GitLab CI pipelines
+# there is no option to bulk delete pipelines
+
+if [[ -z "${PROJECT_ID}" ]]; then
+  echo "Please set a PROJECT_ID environment variable."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${GITLAB_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+  echo "Please set a GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+
+
+BASE_URL="https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/$PROJECT_ID/"
+PIPELINES_URL="${BASE_URL}pipelines?private_token=$GITLAB_TOKEN&per_page=10000"
+
+
+echo $PIPELINES_URL
+echo "Fetching pipeline ids"
+curl $PIPELINES_URL | jq -r '.[].id' > /tmp/ids.txt
+
+echo "Deleting pipelines..."
+
+while read l; do
+    echo "Deleting $l";
+    echo $l;
+    sleep 1;
+    output=$(curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_TOKEN" --request "DELETE" "${BASE_URL}pipelines/$l" | echo $1);
+    echo $output
+    echo "Deleted pipeline $l"
+done < /tmp/ids.txt