web-server/doc/en/user/source/geowebcache/rest/representations/seed_xml.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<seedRequest>
	<name>topp:states</name>
	<bounds>
          <coords>
            <double>-2495667.977678598</double> <!-- minx -->
            <double>-2223677.196231552</double> <!-- miny -->
            <double>3291070.6104286816</double> <!-- maxx -->
            <double>959189.3312465074</double> <!-- maxy -->
          </coords>
	</bounds>

        <!-- These are listed on http://localhost:8080/geowebcache/demo -->
        <gridSetId>EPSG:2163 Grid Set</gridSetId>
	<zoomStart>1</zoomStart>
        <!-- This will be reduced to 3, since the layer is only defined for 0-3 -->
	<zoomStop>12</zoomStop>
	<format>image/png</format>
	
	<!-- type can be 
		* seed (add missing tiles) 
		* reseed (replace tiles)
		* truncate (remove tiles)
	-->
	<type>truncate</type>
	
	<!-- Number of seeding threads to run in parallel. If type is truncate only one thread will execute. -->
	<threadCount>1</threadCount>
</seedRequest>