---
title: "Trigger Nightly Prune"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/archive/run-nightly"
---

# Trigger Nightly Prune

`POST /api/admin/archive/run-nightly`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.awardflightdaily.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://www.awardflightdaily.com/api/admin/archive/run-nightly`
- Auth: none declared

Trigger the nightly prune: DELETE rows where date < today OR expired_at IS NOT NULL.

JSON body (all optional):
  cutoff_date: prune rows with date < this. Default: today (UTC).
  max_rows:    hard cap on rows deleted in this run. Default: 5,000,000.

Returns immediately; runs in a background thread.
Poll /api/admin/archive/status for progress.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

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