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Caching

Purge cache

This API will purge CDN cache and ImageKit.io's internal cache for a file. Note: Purge cache is an asynchronous process and it may take some time to reflect the changes.

post/v1/files/purge

Request body

urlstring uri required

The full URL of the file to be purged.

Example request

{
  "url": "https://ik.imagekit.io/your_imagekit_id/default-image.jpg"
}

Response

Purge request submitted successfully. A requestId will be returned.

requestIdstring

Unique identifier of the purge request. This can be used to check the status of the purge request.