Delete unsuccessful repository workflows

delete_unsuccessful_workflow.sh

# Install brew if not already installed
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Install the JSON processing command line utility
brew install jq

# List workflow runs for a repository
runs=$(gh api \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  /repos/$GITHUB_REPO_OWNER/$GITHUB_REPO_NAME/actions/runs) # Make sure to initalize the variables before running the script

# Get a list of ids for all the unsuccessful workflow runs
num_runs=$(echo $runs | jq '.total_count')
workflow_runs=$(echo $runs | jq '.workflow_runs[]')
run_ids_to_delete=()
for i in {1..workflow_runs}; do
  run=$(echo $workflow_runs | jq ".[$i]")
  if [ $(echo $run | jq '.conclusion') == '"failed"' ]; then
    run_ids_to_delete+=($(echo $run | jq '.id'))
  fi
done

# Delete the unsuccessful workflow runs
for run_id in "${run_ids_to_delete[@]}"; do
  echo "Deleting run with id $run_id"
  gh api \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
    -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
    -X DELETE \
    /repos/$GITHUB_REPO_OWNER/$GITHUB_REPO_NAME/actions/runs/$run_id
done