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# Delete cached responses in bulk

DELETE https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/
Content-Type: application/json

Delete cached responses using exactly one selector: `cache_keys`, `ids`, or `all: true`. Up to 1,000 keys or IDs can be deleted per request. `ids` uses internal integer IDs and is JWT-only; API-key clients should use `cache_keys` or `all`. Rate limit: 60 requests per minute per organization for API-key calls (shared across API keys) and per user for JWT calls.

Reference: https://respan.ai/docs/apis/caches/delete-cached-responses-in-bulk

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use your Respan API key for Respan API authentication. Enter only the Respan API key value; clients send Authorization: Bearer \<RESPAN\_API\_KEY>. For /api/responses, provider credentials such as Perplexity, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI go in Settings -> Providers or respan\_params.credential\_override in the request body, not in this authentication field.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use a dashboard JWT only for dashboard-authenticated endpoints. Respan API-key endpoints use the respanApiKey auth field instead.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `cache_keys` (list of string, optional) — Cache keys to delete. Supported for API key and JWT authentication.
- `ids` (list of integer, optional) — Internal numeric cache entry IDs to delete. JWT only.
- `all` (boolean, optional) — Set to true to delete all cached responses for the current organization. The server rejects false.

## Response

### 200

Cached responses were deleted synchronously.

- `success_count` (integer, required) — Number of items successfully processed.
- `error_count` (integer, required) — Number of items that failed.
- `errors` (list of BulkItemError, required) — Item-level failures, keyed by zero-based input index.
- `deleted_count` (integer, required) — Number of resources matched and processed for deletion.
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable deletion result.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The selector is invalid, more than one selector was supplied, or API-key authentication was used with `ids`.

- `map from string to any`

### 403 Forbidden Error

The API key is missing, invalid or expired, or it can't delete cached responses.

- `detail` (string, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The request contains more than 1,000 cache keys or IDs.

- `detail` (string, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate limit exceeded.

- `detail` (string, required)
- `retry_after` (integer, optional) — Seconds to wait before retrying.

## Types

### BulkItemError

An item that failed during a bulk operation. `index` is zero-based and identifies the corresponding item in the request array.

- `index` (integer, required) — Zero-based index of the failed item in the submitted array.
- `error` (string, required) — Error message for the failed item.

## Examples

### Delete selected cache keys

**Request**

```json
{
  "all": true
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success_count": 0,
  "error_count": 0,
  "errors": [],
  "deleted_count": 0,
  "message": "Successfully deleted 0 cached responses"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Delete selected cache keys
import requests

url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

payload = { "all": True }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Delete selected cache keys
const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <respanApiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"all":true}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Delete selected cache keys
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Delete selected cache keys
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"all\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Delete selected cache keys
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Delete selected cache keys
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/', [
  'body' => '{
  "all": true
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <respanApiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Delete selected cache keys
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"all\": true\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Delete selected cache keys
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["all": true] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Delete all cached responses

**Request**

```json
{
  "all": true
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success_count": 0,
  "error_count": 0,
  "errors": [],
  "deleted_count": 0,
  "message": "Successfully deleted 0 cached responses"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Delete all cached responses
import requests

url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

payload = { "all": True }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Delete all cached responses
const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <respanApiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"all":true}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Delete all cached responses
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Delete all cached responses
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"all\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Delete all cached responses
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Delete all cached responses
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/', [
  'body' => '{
  "all": true
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <respanApiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Delete all cached responses
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"all\": true\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Delete all cached responses
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["all": true] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)

**Request**

```json
{
  "all": true
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success_count": 0,
  "error_count": 0,
  "errors": [],
  "deleted_count": 0,
  "message": "Successfully deleted 0 cached responses"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
import requests

url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

payload = { "all": True }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <respanApiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"all":true}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"all\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"all\": true\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/', [
  'body' => '{
  "all": true
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <respanApiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"all\": true\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Delete selected internal IDs (JWT only)
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["all": true] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/caches/bulk/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```