Snippet

On-demand Path Revalidation

revalidatePath allows you to purge cached data for a specific route, ensuring users see updated content after a mutation.

snippet.js

javascript

import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
 
async function updatePost(id) {
  await db.update(id);
  revalidatePath('/blog');
}

nextjs

Breakdown

import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache'

Imports the utility function used for manual cache invalidation in Next.js.

revalidatePath('/blog')

Tells Next.js to re-render and re-cache the blog page on the next request.