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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import pytumblr
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from typing import Dict, List
+import logging
+from time import sleep
+
+class Tumblr:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.client = self.auth()
+        while not self.set_info():
+            logging.info("sleeping for 10 minutes")
+            sleep(600)
+
+
+    def set_info(self) -> bool:
+        info = self.client.info()
+        if 'meta' in info:
+            if 'status' in info['meta']:
+                if info['meta']['status'] == 429:
+                    logging.error(f"Rate limited. try again at some point: {info['errors']}")
+                    return False
+        self.url = info.get("user").get("name")
+        self.num_posts = info.get("user").get("blogs")[0].get('posts')
+        return True
+
+
+    def auth(self) -> pytumblr.TumblrRestClient:
+        # tumblr requires four variables to authenticate for some reason
+        ck = os.environ.get('CONSUMER_KEY')
+        cs = os.environ.get('CONSUMER_SECRET')
+        ok = os.environ.get('OAUTH_TOKEN')
+        oss = os.environ.get('OAUTH_SECRET')
+
+        return pytumblr.TumblrRestClient(ck, cs, ok, oss)
+
+    def get_specific_post(self, id: str|int) -> Dict:
+        return self.client.posts(self.url, id=id)['posts'][0]
+
+    def is_empty_reblog(self, post: dict) -> bool:
+        logging.debug(f"checking if post {post['id']} is empty...")
+        try:
+            if post['trail'][-1].get('blog').get('name') != self.url: # filter out posts where i added the last reblog
+                if post['tags'] == []: # filter out posts where i added tags
+                    return True
+            return False
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.warning(f"Failed to check if reblog empty for post{post['id']}: {e}")
+            return False
+
+    def delete_post(self, id: str|int):
+        try:
+            logging.debug(f"Deleting post with id {id}")
+            self.client.delete_post(self.url, id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.warning(f"Failed to delete post {id}: {e}")
+
+    def delete_posts(self, posts: List):
+        for p in posts:
+            self.delete_post(p)
+
+    def del_empty_streaming(self):
+        tot_deleted = 0
+        offset = 0
+        while offset < self.num_posts:
+            batch = self.client.posts(self.url, offset=offset).get('posts')
+            if batch:
+                batch_deleted = 0
+                for p in batch:
+                    if self.is_empty_reblog(p):
+                        tot_deleted += 1
+                        batch_deleted += 1
+                        self.delete_post(p['id'])
+                logging.info(f"posts {offset} through {offset+len(batch)} parsed, deleting {batch_deleted} empty reblogs.")
+                offset += batch_deleted
+            else:
+                # no poasts found prolly timeout
+                logging.info(f"batch was empty; assuming timeout and sleeping")
+                sleep(600)
+        print(f"Done. deleted {tot_deleted} empty reblogs.")
+
+
+def main():
+    load_dotenv()
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    acc = Tumblr()
+    acc.del_empty_streaming()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()