Purging pages' caches [edit]
You can purge the cache of one or more pages using action=purge.
Parameters [edit]
titles/pageids/revids: A list of titles/page IDs/revision IDsforcelinkupdate: If set, updates the link tables
Example [edit]
Purging the cache of Main Page, Nonexistent and Talk:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
<purge>
<page ns="0" title="Main Page" purged="" />
<page ns="0" title="Nonexistent" missing="" />
<page title="Talk:" invalid="" />
</purge>
</api>
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Possible errors [edit]
- code: cantpurge
- info: Only users with the 'purge' right can purge pages via the API
