tumblrErasePosts.php

<?php
// ------WARNING------
// RUNNING THIS FILE WITH THE APPROPRIATE CREDENTIALS WILL
// ERASE ALL YOUR POSTS FROM YOUR TUMBLR BLOG!

// Tumblr Blog Info

//replace YOUR-TUMBLR-EMAIL with the email you are using to login to Tumblr
$tumblrEmail    = 'YOUR-TUMBLR-EMAIL'; 

//replace YOUR-TUMBLR-PASSWORD with the password you enter when logging in Tumblr
$tumblrPassword = 'YOUR-TUMBLR-PASSWORD'; 

//replace YOUR-TUMBLR-DOMAIN with the subdomain of the tumblr url you are using
// e.g. if your Tumblr blog is at http://lala.tumblr.com, then
// replace YOUR-TUMBLR-DOMAIN with lala
$tumblrDomain   = 'YOUR-TUMBLR-DOMAIN';

$i = 0;

do {
    
    $xml = simplexml_load_file("http://" . $tumblrDomain . ".tumblr.com/api/read?start=" . $i . "&num=50&rand=" . rand());
    
    $i      += 50;
    $count  = count($xml->posts->post);
    
    if($count == 0)
        break;

    foreach($xml->posts->post as $post) {
        
        $postId = (string)$post[id];
        
        echo $postId . "\n";

        $requestData = http_build_query(
            array(
                'email'     => $tumblrEmail,
                'password'  => $tumblrPassword,
                'post-id'   => $postId,
                'generator' => 'API example'
            )
        );

        // Send the POST request (with cURL)
        $c = curl_init('http://www.tumblr.com/api/delete');
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POST, true);
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $requestData);
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        $result = curl_exec($c);
        $status = curl_getinfo($c, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        curl_close($c);

        // Check for success
        if ($status == 403)
            echo "Bad email or password\n";
        else
            echo $result . "\n";
    }
    
} while($count > 0);
?>