Delete Rest API specifying time period without using Artifact Cleanup Plugin and JFrog CLI - artifactory

Question

I'm quite new with Artifactory, and I was trying to delete some artifacts to make a sort of clean up of the old artifacts I don't use anymore.
I've found some solutions:
Using Artifact Cleanup Plugin, but I can't use it, as I'm not an Admin user in Artifactory and I can't install it. Plus, it isn't already installed, so I can't use it
Delete operation through JFrog CLI. I can't use it, as it isn't installed and I can't install it by myself
The only thing I can do by myself is calling the JFrog Rest Api through curl as documented in the following page:
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/Artifactory+REST+API?_gl=1*1q2oqbv*_ga*MTc5MDMxODk1Mi4xNjU2MzIxMjEx*_ga_SQ1NR9VTFJ*MTY2NzU4MDA0MS41NS4xLjE2Njc1ODAwODAuMjEuMC4w#ArtifactoryRESTAPI-DeleteBuilds
My question is if I could use, without plugins or the JFrog CLI, any sort of parameter in my DELETE request in which I can specify, for example, an amount of "months" or "days" to filter what I would like to delete from Artifactory.
Actually I'm using this string, which only deletes that specified "folder":
curl -u artifactory_user:artifactory_password -X DELETE https://website/artifactory/repositoryname/folder
Do these parameters exist?
Can you provide me an example of how could I integrate them in my request?

Answer 1

You don't need to install JFrog CLI on JFrog server.
You can install on your local computer bt referring to this link.
Validate if cli is installed by running the command 'jfrog' from your command prompt. You need to authenticate to Artifactory from CLI.
Create a file with a name input.spec with the below contents.
{
"files": [
{
"aql": {
"items.find": {
"repo": "test-repository",
"$or": [
{
"$and": [
{
"modified": { "$lt": "2022-10-01T21:26:52.000Z"}
}
]
}
]
}
}
}
]
}
Run the below command to verify if this is resulting in correct file list from the repository that we want.
jfrog rt s --spec input.spec
This gives you the list of the files that are uploaded to the repository test-repository, before the date 2022-10-01.
Run the below query to actually delete the above listed files.
jfrog.exe rt del --spec input.spec
This will delete the artifacts that are older than 2022-10-01 from the repository test-repository. You can modify the above input.spec file according to your need and run the same command.