example of purge_cache for free or enterprise accounts

Author: mahtin

examples/example_zone_purge_cache.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Cloudflare API code - example"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+import CloudFlare
+
+def main():
+    """Cloudflare API code - example"""
+
+    method = 'POST'
+
+    try:
+        if sys.argv[1] == '--delete':
+            del sys.argv[1]
+            method = 'DELETE'
+    except IndexError:
+        pass
+    
+    try:
+        zone_name = sys.argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        exit('usage: example_zone_purge_cache.py zone')
+
+    cf = CloudFlare.CloudFlare()
+
+    # grab the zone identifier
+    try:
+        params = {'name': zone_name}
+        zones = cf.zones.get(params=params)
+    except CloudFlare.exceptions.CloudFlareAPIError as e:
+        exit('/zones %d %s - api call failed' % (e, e))
+    except Exception as e:
+        exit('/zones.get - %s - api call failed' % (e))
+
+    if len(zones) == 0:
+        exit('/zones.get - %s - zone not found' % (zone_name))
+
+    if len(zones) != 1:
+        exit('/zones.get - %s - api call returned %d items' % (zone_name, len(zones)))
+
+    zone_id = zones[0]['id']
+    zone_type = zones[0]['plan']['name']
+
+    if 'Enterprise' in zone_type:
+        # Enterprise accounts can do all things ...
+        data = {
+            # 'purge_everything': True,
+            'hosts': [zone_name],
+            'tags': ['random-tag'],
+            'prefixes': [zone_name + '/' + 'index.html'],
+        }
+    else:
+        # Free, Pro, Business accounts can only do this ...
+        data = {'purge_everything': True}
+
+    print('%s: zone type="%s" and hence using data="%s" method="%s"' % (zone_name, zone_type, data, method))
+
+    try:
+        if method == 'DELETE':
+            # delete method is not in documents; however, it works
+            r = cf.zones.purge_cache.delete(zone_id, data=data)
+        else:
+            r = cf.zones.purge_cache.post(zone_id, data=data)
+    except CloudFlare.exceptions.CloudFlareAPIError as e:
+        exit('/zones/purge_cache %s - %d %s - api call failed' % (zone_name, e, e))
+
+    if 'id' not in r or r['id'] != zone_id:
+        print('%s: weird response: result="%s"' % (zone_name, r))
+
+    exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+