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Authenticating URL purge requests via API

Fastly's URL purge feature allows you to purge individual URLs on your website. By default, authentication is not required to purge a URLâ¦

Purging a URL via the Fastly control panel

Fastly provides several levels of cache purging. You can use the Purge URL option to purge a single URL via the Fastly control panelâ¦

Purging all content via the control panel

Fastly provides several levels of cache purging. You can use the Purge all option to purge all content under a service. WARNING: Exerciseâ¦

Purging with surrogate keys

Fastly provides several levels of cache purging and choosing the right purging method is essential to keeping your website fast. Whileâ¦

Fastly provides a Soft Purge feature that allows you to mark content as outdated ( stale ). Stale objects remain available to use in someâ¦

Working with surrogate keys

Surrogate keys are unique identifiers that you assign to groups of content for processing. While there are many use cases for surrogate keysâ¦

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