Purge Cached Content

client.cache.purge(, ?): CachePurgeResponse { id } | null

POST/zones/{zone_id}/purge_cache

Purge All Cached Content

Removes ALL files from Cloudflare's cache. All tiers can purge everything.

{"purge_everything": true}

Purge Cached Content by URL

Granularly removes one or more files from Cloudflare's 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 Cloudflare's 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

ParametersExpand Collapse

CachePurgeParams = CachePurgeFlexPurgeByTags | CachePurgeFlexPurgeByHostnames | CachePurgeFlexPurgeByPrefixes | 3 more

CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByTags extends CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByHostnames extends CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeFlexPurgeByPrefixes extends CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeEverything extends CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeSingleFile extends CachePurgeParamsBase

CachePurgeSingleFileWithURLAndHeaders extends CachePurgeParamsBase

ReturnsExpand Collapse

CachePurgeResponse { id }

id: string

maxLength32

Purge Cached Content

import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const response = await client.cache.purge({ zone_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353' });

console.log(response.id);

{
  "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

{
  "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"
  }
}