Add ability to delete a user's information #6334
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Related Issue
Fixes #6002 (backend; frontend UI not done)
Describe this PR
This adds an API call (specifically, a
DELETE
to/users/<int:user_id>
(specific user) and/users
(users no longer on OSM)).As much user-supplied information as possible is redacted, with the following exceptions:
Screenshots
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Alternative Approaches Considered
Deleting user from database completely. Rejected partially due to complexity of figuring out what to do with mapped/validated tasks and user blocks.
Review Guide
For the code path that redacts users from the DB if the user deleted their account in OSM, user 535043 is known to no longer exist.
Sample psql command for user 535043:
$ curl -X DELETE -H 'Authorization: Token ${TOKEN}' localhost:5000/api/v2/users/
Further questions:
Is the OSM server admin team OK with us hitting
/user/:id
frequently?EDIT: TomH pointed me at https://planet.openstreetmap.org/users_deleted/users_deleted.txt .