---
title: "Request purge"
slug: "purge-request"
tags: ["Global Edge"]
updated: 2026-10-08T04:17:08Z
published: 2026-10-08T04:17:08Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/purge-request"
---

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# Request purge

Available in Classic and VPC

Run a purge job.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/purge |

### Request headers

For information about the request headers common to all Global Edge APIs, see [Global Edge request headers](/docs/en/edge-overview#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `edgeId` | Long | Required | Edge ID - See [Get edge list](/docs/en/edge-listing). |
| `purgeType` | String | Required | Purge type - `ALL` \| `DIRECTORY` \| `PATTERN` \| `URL` - `ALL`: Purge all. - `DIRECTORY`: Purge by directory. - `PATTERN`: Purge by directory and file extension. - `URL`: Purge by individual file. |
| `purgeTarget` | Array | Conditional | Purge target list - Enter according to the selected `purgeType`. - ALL: Omit field. - DIRECTORY: Starts with `/`, ends with `/*`. - Example: `/src/images/*` - PATTERN: Starts with `/`, ends with `*.abc` extension - Example: `/static/*.png`, `/static/images/*.css` - URL: Starts with `/`, can't use wildcard (`*`). - Example: `/src/css/main.css?version=2024` |

              Note

              

If the edge's service area is global, the job time varies for each type of purge.

- ALL, DIRECTORY, and PATTERN purge jobs can take about 40 minutes.
- URL-based purge jobs are processed quickly.

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://edge.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/purge' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "edgeId": 11197,
    "purgeType": "DIRECTORY",
    "purgeTarget": [
        "/src/images/*",
        "/static/thumbs/*"
    ]
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | String | - | Response code |
| `message` | String | - | Response message |
| `result` | Array | - | Purge request ID - Required when querying purge history |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Global Edge APIs, see [Global Edge response status codes](/docs/en/edge-overview#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "code": "0000",
    "message": "Success",
    "result": [
        372****
    ]
}
```