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+# mattermost-delete-channel-posts
+
+## Dependencies
+### CentOS 7
+```
+sudo yum install python3-pip
+pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt  # (e.g. inside the **mattermost** user)
+```
+
+or to install the needed module system wide
+
+```
+sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Usage
+This reposity needs to be cloned or downloaded as archive. Next after cloning or extracting `cd` into
+*mattermost-delete-channel-posts*. Afterwards one could use `chmod +x delete-channel-posts.py` and
+```
+./delete-channel-posts.py -n 100 -s 'http://localhost:8065' -c 44uabjn3y7yidkmnobed3whmyh -w 10 -u mmuser -p mmuser_password -D mattermost -H localhost --api-user test@test.com --api-pass 'test!'
+```
+
+### Options
+```
+-n or --n-posts       Number of oldest posts to delete
+-s or --siteurl       Mattermost siteurl (e.g. http://localhost:8065 or https://mm.example.com)
+-c or --channel-id    Id of channel
+-w or --worker        Number of workers used for calling API
+-u or --db-user       Username for database
+-p or --db-password   Password for database
+-D or --database      Database name
+-H or --host          Database host (e.g. localhost, 127.0.0.1)
+--api-user            Username for authenticating against API
+--api-password        Password for API user
+```
+
+API Documentation for the used call can be found [here](https://api.mattermost.com/#operation/DeletePost).