Deleting object from cache

This method deletes an object from cache if it is present there.

Method:

DELETE

Endpoint URL

The xxxx.backendless.app is a subdomain assigned to your application. For more information see the Client-side Setup section of this documentation.

https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/cache/<key>

where:

Argument	Description
<key>	identifies the object to delete from cache

Request headers

Content-Type: application/json  
user-token: optional value obtained as a result of the login operation.

where:

Argument	Description
Content-Type	Must be set to application/json. This header is mandatory.
user-token	Optional header. Contains a value returned by Backendless in a preceding user Login API call. If user-token is set in the request, the currently logged in user will be assigned to the ownerId property of the user object which is being saved.  Additionally, the operation will be executed with the security policy associated currently logged in user. This means all permissions associated with the user and the roles assigned to the user will be enforced by Backendless.

Request body

N/A

Example

Make sure to replace xxxx in the domain name in the sample request below to the one assigned to your application.

curl -X DELETE \  
[`https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/cache/myorder`](https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/cache/myorder)

Codeless Reference

where:

Argument	Description
key name	The name is used to identify the key that must be deleted from cache.

This operation does not return a value.

Consider the following key-value pairs stored in cache:

The example deletes the object associated with the key "orderName" from the cache.

The result of this operation will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs, as you can see the object has been successfully deleted from cache: