--
:api: clear-api-key-cache
:request: ClearApiKeyCacheRequest
:response: ClearSecurityCacheResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Clear API Key Cache API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Clear API Key Cache Request

A +{request}+ supports clearing API key cache for the given IDs.
It can also clear the entire cache if no ID is specified.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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<1> the IDs(s) for the API keys to be evicted from the cache

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Clear API Key Cache Response

The returned +{response}+ allows to retrieve information about where the cache was cleared.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> the list of nodes that the cache was cleared on