Purge Peeked Queue Messages

POST/accounts/{account_id}/queues/{queue_id}/messages/purge

Delete peeked messages from a Queue by their ref. Purged messages aren’t considered delivered, they are instantly deleted from this queue and do not affect metrics.

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)

Queues WriteWorkers Scripts Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32

queue_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

refs: array of object { ref }

ref: string

An opaque reference to a peeked message. You must hold on to this value and use it to purge the message.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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

minLength1

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: optional array of string

result: optional object { errors, warnings }

errors: optional array of object { message }

Errors encountered while purging messages.

message: optional string

warnings: optional map[string]

Map of refs to warning messages encountered during purge.

success: optional true

Indicates if the API call was successful or not.

Purge Peeked Queue Messages

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/queues/$QUEUE_ID/messages/purge \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "refs": [
            {
              "ref": "eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2Q0JDLUhTNTEyIn0..Q8p21d7dceR6vUfwftONdQ.JVqZgAS-Zk7MqmqccYtTHeeMElNHaOMigeWdb8LyMOg.T2_HV99CYzGaQuhTyW8RsgbnpTRZHRM6N7UoSaAKeK0"
            }
          ]
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "message": "message"
      }
    ],
    "warnings": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "message": "message"
      }
    ],
    "warnings": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}