Clear the cache Technical preview

POST /_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Clear indices and data streams from the shared cache for partially mounted indices.

External documentation

Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both.

  • allow_no_indices boolean

    Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes _all string or when no indices have been specified)

  • ignore_unavailable boolean

    Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)

  • pretty boolean
  • human boolean

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Additional properties are allowed.
POST /_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear 
curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{}