---
title: "Trigger Refresh Stale Creators"
method: POST
path: "/admin/scheduled/refresh-stale-creators"
tags: ["Admin", "Scheduled Tasks"]
---

# Trigger Refresh Stale Creators

`POST /admin/scheduled/refresh-stale-creators`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.kolens.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.kolens.ai/admin/scheduled/refresh-stale-creators`
- Auth: none declared

Fire the daily recovery sweep — re-scrape TikTok creators whose
media-cache jobs have exhausted MAX_ATTEMPTS (raw URLs already
expired, can't be fetched by ``avatar_cache`` / ``thumbnail_cache``).
See ``api/services/refresh_stale_creators.py`` for the picker and
cost rationale; the recommended Fly schedule is daily 04:00 UTC.

## Query parameters

- `source` string

## Headers

- `x-admin-secret` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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