Restore deleted entries

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Hi,

If I call media.delete (entryID), I believe this would only mark those entries as “deleted” and won’t show on KMC. Is there an API command I can run to restore them?

Also, I can’t seem to get those deleted entries via media.list, am I missing something? I thought I should be able to as they would have a deleted status or something.

I’m using python library if that matters.

Thanks

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Found the answer for this in When do Deleted entries actually get Deleted?.

Any ideas?

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The restore action in KAC → Batch Process Control → Entry investigation does not seem to be using the API to restore an entry.

It seems to be using the admin console plugin found here:
https://github.com/kaltura/server/blob/f5d73181116ed8016fffb8694671113a353369a2/plugins/admin_console/AdminConsolePlugin.php

The admin console plugin in turn, is using entry admin services in Admin console:
https://github.com/kaltura/server/blob/f5d73181116ed8016fffb8694671113a353369a2/plugins/admin_console/services/EntryAdminService.php

So, no. I do not believe you can do this via the public API.

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Hi @nwi18 ,

To fetch the deleted entries, call media.list() and pass a filter object, like so:

filter = KalturaMediaEntryFilter()
filter.statusEqual = KalturaEntryStatus.DELETED
pager = KalturaFilterPager()

result = client.media.list(filter, pager)

As to restoring entries, there is no public API for that. If you’re using CE/OP (self hosted), you can use one of these scripts (depending on your need) to change the status and re-index:
/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/utils/restoreDeletedEntries.php
/opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/utils/restoreDeletedEntriesByEntryList.php

If you’re a SaaS customer, you will need to approach your account manager.

Cheers,

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I see. Thanks @pnts-se and @jess :pray: