Clear API key cache API

Clear API key cache API

New API reference

For the most up-to-date API details, refer to Security APIs.

Evicts a subset of all entries from the API key cache. The cache is also automatically cleared on state changes of the security index.

Request

POST /_security/api_key/<ids>/_clear_cache

Prerequisites

  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Description

For more information about API keys, see Create API keys, Get API key information, and Invalidate API key.

Path parameters

<ids>

(Required, string) Comma-separated list of API key IDs to evict from the API key cache. To evict all API keys, use *. Does not support other wildcard patterns.

Examples

The clear API key cache API evicts entries from the API key cache. For example, to clear the entry of API key with ID yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx.

  1. resp = client.security.clear_api_key_cache(
  2. ids="yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx",
  3. )
  4. print(resp)
  1. const response = await client.security.clearApiKeyCache({
  2. ids: "yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx",
  3. });
  4. console.log(response);
  1. POST /_security/api_key/yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx/_clear_cache

Specify multiple API keys as a comma-separated list.

  1. resp = client.security.clear_api_key_cache(
  2. ids="yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx,YoiMaqREw0YVpjn40iMg",
  3. )
  4. print(resp)
  1. const response = await client.security.clearApiKeyCache({
  2. ids: "yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx,YoiMaqREw0YVpjn40iMg",
  3. });
  4. console.log(response);
  1. POST /_security/api_key/yVGMr3QByxdh1MSaicYx,YoiMaqREw0YVpjn40iMg/_clear_cache

To clear all entries from the API key cache, use *.

  1. resp = client.security.clear_api_key_cache(
  2. ids="*",
  3. )
  4. print(resp)
  1. const response = await client.security.clearApiKeyCache({
  2. ids: "*",
  3. });
  4. console.log(response);
  1. POST /_security/api_key/*/_clear_cache