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cPanel API 2 Functions - DiskUsage::clearcache
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cPanel API 2 Functions - DiskUsage::clearcache

Warning:

The cPanel API 2 system is deprecated. We strongly recommend that you use UAPI instead of cPanel API 2.

Description

This function clears the account's cache of disk space usage data.

It is useful if you add or remove a lot of data, and need to rebuild the disk space usage data.

Warning:

We strongly recommend that you use UAPI instead of cPanel API 2. However, no equivalent UAPI function exists.

Important:

When you disable the File Storage role, the system disables this function.

Examples

WHM API (JSON)

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https://hostname.example.com:2087/cpsess##########/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_user=user&cpanel_jsonapi_apiversion=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=DiskUsage&cpanel_jsonapi_func=clearcache
Note:

For more information, read our Calls from the WHM API documentation.

LiveAPI PHP Class

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$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.

// Clear the disk cache.
$clear_cache = $cpanel->api2(
    'DiskUsage', 'clearcache'
);
Note:

For more information, read our Guide to the LiveAPI System.

LiveAPI Perl Module

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my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.

# Clear the disk cache.
my $clear_cache = $cpliveapi->api2(
    'DiskUsage', 'clearcache',
);
Note:

For more information, read our Guide to the LiveAPI System.

cPanel Tag System (deprecated)

Warnings:
  • cPanel tags are deprecated. We strongly recommend that you only use the LiveAPI system to call the cPanel APIs. Examples are only present in order to help developers move from the old cPanel tag system to our LiveAPI.
  • cPanel API 2 calls that use cPanel tags vary in code syntax and in their output.
  • For more information, read our Deprecated cPanel Tag Usage documentation.

Command Line

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cpapi2 --user=username DiskUsage clearcache
Notes:

  • You must URI-encode values.

  • username represents your account-level username.

  • You must include the --user=username option.

  • For more information and additional output options, read our Guide to cPanel API 2 documentation or run the cpapi2 --help command.

  • If you run CloudLinux™, you must use the full path of the cpapi2 command:

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    /usr/local/cpanel/bin/cpapi2

Output (JSON)

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{
  "cpanelresult": {
    "apiversion": 2,
    "func": "clearcache",
    "data": [
      {
        "statusmsg": "cache cleared",
        "status": 1
      }
    ],
    "event": {
      "result": 1
    },
    "module": "DiskUsage"
  }
}
Note:

Use cPanel's API Shell interface (cPanel >> Home >> Advanced >> API Shell) to directly test cPanel API calls.

Parameters

This function does not accept parameters.

Returns

ReturnTypeDescriptionPossible valuesExample
statusBooleanWhether the disk cache is now cleared.
  • 1 — Disk cache cleared.
  • 0 — Disk cache is clearing.
1
statusmsgstringWhether the disk cache has cleared.cache clearedcache cleared
reasonstring

A reason for failure.

This function only returns a reason value if it failed.

A string that describes the error.

This is an error message.
resultBoolean

Whether the function succeeded.

  • 1 — The function succeeded.
  • 0 — The function failed.
1
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