Invalidate by tag | Vercel REST API

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Invalidate by tag

POSThttps://api.vercel.com/v1/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tags

Marks a cache tag as stale, causing cache entries associated with that tag to be revalidated in the background on the next request.

https://api.vercel.com/v1/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tags

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tags?projectIdOrName=string&teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "tags": [],
    "target": "production"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{}

Authentication

AuthorizationbearerToken

Default authentication mechanism

Query parameters

projectIdOrNamestringRequired

teamIdstringOptional

The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of.

slugstringOptional

The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of.

Body

application/json

tagsobjectRequired2 variants

targetstringOptional

Response

200Success

Errors

400One of the provided values in the request body is invalid. One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.

401The request is not authorized.

403You do not have permission to access this resource.

404Error

410Error

Cross-link map: Invalidate by tag (/docs/rest-api/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tag)

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Semantically closest pages

Dangerously delete by tag — POST /v1/edge-cache/dangerously-delete-by-tags — Marks a cache tag as deleted, causing cache entries associated with tha
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invalidate_by_tags — Use invalidate_by_tags with Vercel MCP.
Get a repository tag — GET /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName}/tags/{tag} — Fetch a single tag from a repository, including the backing image's metad
List repository tags — GET /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName}/tags — List a repository's tags.

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https://api.vercel.com/v1/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tags

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/edge-cache/invalidate-by-tags?projectIdOrName=string&teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "tags": [],
    "target": "production"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{}

OpenAPI Specification