Bulk Deleting Multiple Content Items Using the Drupal REST API

Overview

I had the opportunity to bulk delete multiple content items using the Drupal REST API, so this is a memo of the process.

For a method to bulk delete content without using the REST API, please refer to the following.

First, enable the HTTP Basic Authentication module and the JSON:API module.

Additionally, enable DELETE in REST resources.

/admin/config/services/rest

The following custom library is used.

You can also review the processing details at the following link.

Run as follows.

item_ids is a list of unique values corresponding to field_name (in this case, field_item_id).

Please note that there may be bugs, so exercise caution when using this.

I hope this serves as a helpful reference.