Clear the API key cache Added in 7.10.0

POST /_security/api_key/{ids}/_clear_cache
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

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

Path parameters

  • ids string | array[string] Required

    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.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • _nodes object Required
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      • failures array[object]
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        • type string Required

          The type of error

        • reason string | null

          A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.

          One of:
          string-1 string string-2 string | null
        • stack_trace string

          The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.

        • caused_by object
        • root_cause array[object]
        • suppressed array[object]
      • total number Required

        Total number of nodes selected by the request.

      • successful number Required

        Number of nodes that responded successfully to the request.

      • failed number Required

        Number of nodes that rejected the request or failed to respond. If this value is not 0, a reason for the rejection or failure is included in the response.

    • cluster_name string Required
    • nodes object Required
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      • * object Additional properties
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        • name string Required
POST /_security/api_key/{ids}/_clear_cache 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_security/api_key/{ids}/_clear_cache' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"