delete_local_events for purge_history

Add a flag which makes the purger delete local events
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Richard van der Hoff 2018-02-08 18:44:52 +00:00
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commit 74fcbf741b
5 changed files with 67 additions and 15 deletions

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@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Purge History API
The purge history API allows server admins to purge historic events from their
database, reclaiming disk space.
**NB!** This will not delete local events (locally sent messages content etc) from the database, but will remove lots of the metadata about them and does dramatically reduce the on disk space usage
Depending on the amount of history being purged a call to the API may take
several minutes or longer. During this period users will not be able to
paginate further back in the room from the point being purged from.
@ -15,3 +13,15 @@ The API is simply:
``POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_history/<room_id>/<event_id>``
including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent
the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are
deleted, and room state data before the cutoff is always removed).
To delete local events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
.. code:: json
{
"delete_local_events": True,
}