delete_draft_releases.yaml

name: Delete draft releases
on:
  delete

jobs:
  delete:
    name: Delete releases
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get all releases as JSON
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
            "$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases" -o releases.json
          cat releases.json
      - name: Find draft releases
        run: |
          python <<EOF
          import json
          import sys
          with open('releases.json') as file:
            releases = json.loads(file.read())
          draft_releases = [release["id"] for release in releases if release["draft"]]
          if not len(draft_releases) == 0:
            with open('draft_releases', 'w') as file:
              for id in draft_releases:
                print(id)
                file.write(f"{id}\n")
          EOF
      - name: Delete draft releases, if any
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          sh <<EOF
          if test -f draft_releases
          then :
          else
            echo 'draft_releases: file not found'
            exit 0
          fi
          cat draft_releases | while read ID; do
          echo "\$ID"
          curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
            -X 'DELETE' \
            "$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/\$ID" 2>/dev/null
          done
          EOF