/api/dropcaches

This endpoint purges the in-memory data cached in OpenTSDB. This includes all UID to name and name to UID maps for metrics, tag names and tag values.

Note

This endpoint does not purge the on-disk temporary cache where graphs and other files are stored.

Verbs

• GET

• POST

Requests

This endpoint does not require any parameters via query string or body.

Example Request

Query String

http://localhost:4242/api/dropcaches

Response

The response is a hash map of information. Unless something goes wrong, this should always result in a status of 200 and a message of Caches dropped.

Example Response

{
    "message": "Caches dropped",
    "status": "200"
}