Purge Cached Content

POST/zones/{zone_id}/purge_cache

Purge All Cached Content

Removes ALL files from Cloudflares cache. All tiers can purge everything.

{"purge_everything": true}

Purge Cached Content by URL

Granularly removes one or more files from Cloudflares cache by specifying URLs. All tiers can purge by URL.

To purge files with custom cache keys, include the headers used to compute the cache key as in the example. If you have a device type or geo in your cache key, you will need to include the CF-Device-Type or CF-IPCountry headers. If you have lang in your cache key, you will need to include the Accept-Language header.

NB: When including the Origin header, be sure to include the scheme and hostname. The port number can be omitted if it is the default port (80 for http, 443 for https), but must be included otherwise.

Single file purge example with files:

{"files": ["http://www.example.com/css/styles.css", "http://www.example.com/js/index.js"]}

Single file purge example with url and header pairs:

{"files": [{"url": "http://www.example.com/cat_picture.jpg", "headers": {"CF-IPCountry": "US", "CF-Device-Type": "desktop", "Accept-Language": "zh-CN"}}, {"url": "http://www.example.com/dog_picture.jpg", "headers": {"CF-IPCountry": "EU", "CF-Device-Type": "mobile", "Accept-Language": "en-US"}}]}

Purge Cached Content by Tag, Host or Prefix

Granularly removes one or more files from Cloudflares cache either by specifying the host, the associated Cache-Tag, or a Prefix.

Flex purge with tags:

{"tags": ["a-cache-tag", "another-cache-tag"]}

Flex purge with hosts:

{"hosts": ["www.example.com", "images.example.com"]}

Flex purge with prefixes:

{"prefixes": ["www.example.com/foo", "images.example.com/bar/baz"]}

Availability and limits

Please refer to purge cache availability and limits documentation page.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Cache Purge

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

zone_id: string

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

body: object { tags } or object { hosts } or object { prefixes } or 3 more

One of the following:

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByTags object { tags }

tags: optional array of string

For more information on cache tags and purging by tags, please refer to purge by cache-tags documentation page.

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByHostnames object { hosts }

hosts: optional array of string

For more information purging by hostnames, please refer to purge by hostname documentation page.

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByPrefixes object { prefixes }

prefixes: optional array of string

For more information on purging by prefixes, please refer to purge by prefix documentation page.

CachePurgeEverything object { purge_everything }

purge_everything: optional boolean

For more information, please refer to purge everything documentation page.

CachePurgeSingleFile object { files }

files: optional array of string

For more information on purging files, please refer to purge by single-file documentation page.

CachePurgeSingleFileWithURLAndHeaders object { files }

files: optional array of object { headers, url }

For more information on purging files with URL and headers, please refer to purge by single-file documentation page.

headers: optional map[string]

url: optional string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: boolean

Indicates the API calls success or failure.

result: optional object { id }

id: string

maxLength32

Purge Cached Content

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/purge_cache \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "tags": [
            "a-cache-tag",
            "another-cache-tag"
          ]
        }'

200 example

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
  }
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
  }
}