#1 2012-04-18 08:57:34

**_graefenhain_**

Delete old content

What is the best way to delete old content? The amount of data (documents and recordings) is growing steadily and our server is running out of disc space. According to our policy documents and recordings older than 6 months can be removed.
What is the best way to do this (via API) and what else do we have to consider? Any recommendations?

Thanks & best regards,
Katja

**_Dwayne_B_**

Re: Delete old content

Katja, we are looking into space issues here at our campus as well. I see that you all have a policy about how long users can leave things on the site. Would you be willing to email me that policy?  We are looking to create one but I just want to see what others are using.

Thanks,
Dwayne

**_graefenhain_**

Re: Delete old content

Hi Dwayne

Sorry, but I'm not allowed to mail you our policy.

However, I got an answer from the Adobe Support regarding how to delete old content:

You can search for all content older than a certain date using the
following syntax:
http://[hostname]/api/xml?action=report-bulk-objects
&filter-type=archive&filter-lte-date-created=2011-10-25

This example would list all recordings (archives) created before or on
25th October 2011.
Other object filters you can apply (for different sorts of objects)
include:
flv
image
swf
captivate
pdf
mp3
producer (for PowerPoint files)

Each object has a unique ID called a sco-id. Parse the sco-id from the
list created to then delete these objects using the sco-delete action:

http://[hostname]/api/xml?action=sco-delete&sco-id=xxx

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Katja