revalidatePath

revalidatePath allows you to revalidate data associated with a specific path. This is useful for scenarios where you want to update your cached data without waiting for a revalidation period to expire.

app/api/revalidate/route.ts

import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
 
export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
  const path = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('path') || '/';
  revalidatePath(path);
  return NextResponse.json({ revalidated: true, now: Date.now() });
}

Good to know:

revalidatePath is available in both Node.js and Edge runtimes.

Parameters

revalidatePath(path: string): void;

path: A string representing the path associated with the data you want to revalidate.

Returns

revalidatePath does not return any value.

Examples

Node.js Runtime

app/api/revalidate/route.ts

import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
 
export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
  const path = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('path') || '/';
  revalidatePath(path);
  return NextResponse.json({ revalidated: true, now: Date.now() });
}

Edge Runtime

app/api/revalidate/route.ts

import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
 
export const runtime = 'edge';
 
export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
  const path = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get('path') || '/';
  revalidatePath(path);
  return NextResponse.json({ revalidated: true, now: Date.now() });
}