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Amazon CloudFront Distributions API

Operations for managing CloudFront distributions

Amazon CloudFront Distributions API is one of 3 APIs that Amazon CloudFront publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Distributions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, pricing, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2020-05-31.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com.

5 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2020-05-31
Base URL
https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Distributions 5

Operations for managing CloudFront distributions

POST
/2020-05-31/distribution
Amazon CloudFront Create a new CloudFront distribution
CreateDistribution body → 201400403
GET
/2020-05-31/distribution
Amazon CloudFront List CloudFront distributions
ListDistributions 2 params → 200400
GET
/2020-05-31/distribution/{Id}
Amazon CloudFront Get a CloudFront distribution
GetDistribution 1 param → 200404
DELETE
/2020-05-31/distribution/{Id}
Amazon CloudFront Delete a CloudFront distribution
DeleteDistribution 2 params → 204404412
PUT
/2020-05-31/distribution/{Id}/config
Amazon CloudFront Update a CloudFront distribution configuration
UpdateDistribution 2 params body → 200400404412

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DistributionConfig (13 properties), CacheBehavior (9 properties), DistributionList (6 properties), Distribution (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Distribution
object
6 properties
DistributionConfig
object
13 properties 5 required
Origin
object
5 properties 2 required
CacheBehavior
object
9 properties 2 required
DistributionList
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-cloudfront-distributions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon CloudFront publishes across the network.

Amazon CloudFront Functions API
Amazon CloudFront Invalidations API
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