CloudFront Distributions API

The Distributions API from CloudFront — 3 operation(s) for distributions.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon CloudFront CachePolicies Distributions API
  description: 'Best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 description of a subset of the Amazon CloudFront

    REST API (API version 2020-05-31). CloudFront is AWS''s global content

    delivery network. Requests are signed with AWS Signature Version 4 using

    the `cloudfront` service name and the `us-east-1` region. This document

    covers commonly used distribution, invalidation, origin access control,

    cache policy, function, and public key operations; CloudFront exposes

    over 100 additional operations not enumerated here.

    '
  version: '2020-05-31'
  contact:
    name: AWS CloudFront
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
servers:
- url: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Distributions
paths:
  /2020-05-31/distribution:
    get:
      summary: ListDistributions
      operationId: listDistributions
      tags:
      - Distributions
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: Marker
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: MaxItems
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of distributions
    post:
      summary: CreateDistribution
      operationId: createDistribution
      tags:
      - Distributions
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Distribution created
  /2020-05-31/distribution/{Id}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: Id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: GetDistribution
      operationId: getDistribution
      tags:
      - Distributions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Distribution details
    delete:
      summary: DeleteDistribution
      operationId: deleteDistribution
      tags:
      - Distributions
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: If-Match
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Distribution deleted
  /2020-05-31/distribution/{Id}/config:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: Id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      summary: GetDistributionConfig
      operationId: getDistributionConfig
      tags:
      - Distributions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Distribution config
    put:
      summary: UpdateDistribution
      operationId: updateDistribution
      tags:
      - Distributions
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: If-Match
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Distribution updated
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'AWS Signature Version 4. Signing service name is `cloudfront`,

        signing region is `us-east-1`. Authorization is supplied via

        `Authorization` and `X-Amz-Date` headers (and `X-Amz-Security-Token`

        when using temporary credentials).

        '