Here is a simple and easy to use bash shell script to purge/delete Cloudflare url/images cache from the command line without using web interface.
#!/bin/bash # Purpose: Purge a single url using cloudflare API from the bash shell # Author: Vivek Gite # License: GNU GPL v2.x+ #---------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Login to Cloudflare to get API keys ## zone_id="YOUR-Cloudflare-ID-HERE" api_key="YOUR-Cloudflare-API-KEY-HERE" login_id="YOUR-Cloudflare-login-name" ## Get url to purge ## urls="$1" [ "$urls" == "" ] && { echo "Usage: $0 url"; exit 1; } ## Let user know ## echo "Purging $urls..." ## Purge it using curl command ## curl -X DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${zone_id}/purge_cache" \ -H "X-Auth-Email: ${login_id}" \ -H "X-Auth-Key: ${api_key}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"files\":[\"${urls}\"]}" echo ""
How do I use this shell script?
Run it as follows to purge a url named https://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/neofetch-awesome-system-info-bash-script-for-linux-unix-macos/
./script https://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/neofetch-awesome-system-info-bash-script-for-linux-unix-macos/
Sample outputs:
Purging https://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/neofetch-awesome-system-info-bash-script-for-linux-unix-macos/...
{"result":{"id":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},"success":true,"errors":[],"messages":[]}