Invalidate cache servlet

I am trying to write a servlet to invalidate cache and the code is not working as the distribution request is not working

@Reference
private Distributor distributor;

ResourceResolver resolver = ...; // the resource resolver used for authorizing the request
String agentName = "publish";    // the name of the agent used to distribute the request

String pathToInvalidate = "/content/to/invalidate";
DistributionRequest distributionRequest = new SimpleDistributionRequest(DistributionRequestType.INVALIDATE, false, pathToInvalidate);
distributor.distribute(agentName, resolver, distributionRequest);

This is the reference code I am working on