1. API Description

Domain name for API request: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

When there are resources updated on the origin with the TTL remaining valid, users cannot access the latest resources. In this case, you can purge the cache using this API. There are two methods:

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

3. Output Parameters

4. Example

Example1 Purging by the URL

By using Delete method, resources under a URL that matches the specified hostname are removed.
This example shows you how to purge resources in the directory /a.txt under the site domain www.example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Targets": [
        "http://www.example.com/a.txt"
    ],
    "Type": "purge_url",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwch",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

Example2 Purging by the hostname

By using Invalidate method, resources under a domain name that matches the specified hostname are marked as invalid.
This example shows you how to purge resources changed under the site domain www.example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Targets": [
        "www.example.com"
    ],
    "Type": "purge_host",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwcs",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

Example3 Purging by the Cache-Tag

By using Invalidate method, resources under a site are associated with tags in the HTTP response header Cache-Tag and marked as invalid.
This example shows you how to purge resources that contain tag1, tag2 and tag3 and have changed under the site example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Targets": [
        "tag1",
        "tag2",
        "tag3"
    ],
    "Type": "purge_cache_tag",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwcs",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

Example4 Purging all caches under a site

By using Invalidate method, all cached resources under a site are marked as invalid.
This example shows you how to purge all cached resources changed under the site example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Type": "purge_all",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwcs",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

Example5 Purging by the directory – Deleting resources in the directory

To purge all resources under a directory, pass delete into the Method field.
This example shows you how to purge all resources in the /test directory under www.example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Targets": [
        "http://www.example.com/test/"
    ],
    "Type": "purge_prefix",
    "Method": "delete",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwck",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

Example6 Only purging resources updated in the directory

To purge the resources updated under a directory, pass invalidate into the Method field.
This example shows you how to purge resources changed in the directory /test under the site domain www.example.com.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: teo.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreatePurgeTask
<Common request parameters>

{
    "Targets": [
        "http://www.example.com/test/"
    ],
    "Type": "purge_prefix",
    "Method": "invalidate",
    "ZoneId": "zone-ajj243dwrew"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "JobId": "20ga521cpwcj",
        "FailedList": [],
        "RequestId": "3c140219-cfe9-470e-b241-907877d6fb03"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Python
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Java
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for PHP
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Go
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Node.js
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for .NET
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for C++

Command Line Interface

• Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.