Batch Operations

pdsx rm app.bsky.feed.post/abc123 app.bsky.feed.post/def456 app.bsky.feed.post/ghi789

✓ successfully deleted 3/3 records (100%)

# one URI per line
cat uris.txt | pdsx rm

app.bsky.feed.post/abc123
app.bsky.feed.post/def456
app.bsky.feed.post/ghi789

# default is 10 concurrent operations
pdsx rm uri1 uri2 uri3 --concurrency 20

# fail on first error instead of continuing
pdsx rm uri1 uri2 uri3 --fail-fast

pdsx create app.bsky.feed.post text="hello world"

cat posts.jsonl | pdsx create app.bsky.feed.post

{"text": "first post"}
{"text": "second post"}
{"text": "third post", "langs": ["en"]}

✓ successfully created 3/3 records (100%)

cat posts.jsonl | pdsx create app.bsky.feed.post --concurrency 20
cat posts.jsonl | pdsx create app.bsky.feed.post --fail-fast

pdsx update app.bsky.feed.post/abc123 text="updated text"

cat updates.jsonl | pdsx update

{"uri": "app.bsky.feed.post/abc123", "text": "new text for post 1"}
{"uri": "app.bsky.feed.post/def456", "text": "new text for post 2", "langs": ["en"]}
{"uri": "app.bsky.feed.post/ghi789", "text": "new text for post 3"}

✓ successfully updated 3/3 records (100%)

cat updates.jsonl | pdsx update --concurrency 20
cat updates.jsonl | pdsx update --fail-fast

{"field1": "value1", "field2": "value2"}
{"field1": "value3", "field2": "value4"}
{"field1": "value5"}

# from jq
pdsx ls app.bsky.feed.post -o json | jq -c '.[]' > posts.jsonl

# manually
echo '{"text": "post 1"}' > posts.jsonl
echo '{"text": "post 2"}' >> posts.jsonl

for uri in $(cat uris.txt); do pdsx rm $uri; done
# 82 records: ~41 seconds (0.5s per record)

cat uris.txt | pdsx rm
# 82 records: ~8 seconds (10 concurrent)

# backup all posts to JSONL
pdsx ls app.bsky.feed.post --limit 1000 -o json | jq -c '.[]' > backup.jsonl

# restore from backup (be careful!)
cat backup.jsonl | pdsx create app.bsky.feed.post

# find test posts and delete them
pdsx ls app.bsky.feed.post --limit 100 -o json \
  | jq -r '.[] | select(.text | contains("[test]")) | .uri' \
  | sed 's|at://did:plc:[^/]*/||' \
  | pdsx rm

# export from one collection
pdsx ls app.custom.collection -o json | jq -c '.[]' > export.jsonl

# import to another (after editing JSONL)
cat export.jsonl | pdsx create app.custom.newcollection

# find posts to update and generate JSONL with modifications
pdsx ls app.bsky.feed.post --limit 100 -o json \
  | jq -c '.[] | select(.text | contains("[draft]")) | {uri: (.uri | sub("at://[^/]+/"; "")), text: (.text | sub("\\[draft\\] "; ""))}' \
  | pdsx update

cat uris.txt | pdsx rm

✓ successfully deleted 80/82 records (97%)

✗ 2 operations failed:
  abc123: Record not found
  def456: Invalid URI format

cat uris.txt | pdsx rm --fail-fast