Batch change page size of InDesign documents

I have about 300 one-page InDesign (cc 2014, Mavericks) documents of varying page sizes. Each page is 4 inches wider and 4 inches taller that the content of the page. The content is in the middle of the page—effectively making a 2-inch margin (but with no margin guides) around the content. What I need to do is get the page of all documents to be one specific page size, 7.125” x 9.75”.
I was able to accomplish this by putting all the docs in a book, making a master page 7.125” x 9.75” on one doc, synching the other docs, and then opening each doc and applying the master page. The last bit was a little labor intensive and I would like to avoid it going forward.
Could a script be written that opens selected InDesign docs (in or not in a book) and changes the various page sizes to the one size needed? I’ve never written scripts before so have no idea if it is possible or how to do it.
I put the following on another forum and got help but it required that I have control over the creation of the original docs. And I don’t. “Is there a way to globally apply a master page to all pages of all docs in a book?”
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Is this your requirement,
var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select the Folder contains Indesign Files")
var myFiles = myFolder.getFiles("*.indd")
alert("Total Indesign Files: " + myFiles.length)
for(i=0; i<myFiles.length; i++)
    app.open(myFiles[i])
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.inches;
    myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.inches;
    with(myDoc.documentPreferences){
    pageHeight = "7.125";
    pageWidth = "9.75";
app.activeDocument.save();
app.activeDocument.close();
Regards
Siraj

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