Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds across 750+ globally dispersed Points of Presence.

Amazon CloudFront publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Distributions API, Functions API, and Invalidations API. Tagged areas include CloudFront, CDN, Content Delivery, and Edge.

The Amazon CloudFront catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon CloudFront’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, YouTube channel, and 16 more developer resources.

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60.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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1 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

CloudFront CDN Content Delivery Edge

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Composite quality — 60.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 15.1 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 18

Access Clarity 16.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.6 / 12

Contract Governance 3.1 / 11

Discoverability 5.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon CloudFront Distributions API

Operations for managing CloudFront distributions

Amazon CloudFront Functions API

Operations for managing CloudFront functions

Amazon CloudFront Invalidations API

Operations for managing cache invalidations

Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Amazon CloudFront Distributions API

POSTMAN

Amazon CloudFront Distributions Functions API

POSTMAN

Amazon CloudFront Distributions Invalidations API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudFront Distributions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudFront Distributions Functions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudFront Distributions Invalidations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon CloudFront API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Cloudfront Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Cloudfront Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Cloudfront Finops

FINOPS

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Global Edge Network

Deliver content from 750+ globally distributed Points of Presence for low latency.

DDoS Protection

Built-in AWS Shield Standard protection for all CloudFront distributions at no extra cost.

Edge Functions

Deploy serverless code at edge locations with CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge.

HTTPS Encryption

Secure content delivery with HTTPS and field-level encryption capabilities.

Origin Shield

Additional caching layer to reduce load on origins and improve cache hit rates.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Cloudfront Context

8 classes · 40 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon CloudFront API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon CloudFront API Rules

24 rules · 12 errors 11 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 9

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Amazon CloudFront Distribution

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CacheBehavior

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DistributionConfig

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DistributionList

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Distribution

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

InvalidationBatch

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

InvalidationList

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Invalidation

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Origin

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 8

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Cloudfront Cache Behavior Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Distribution Config Structure

13 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Distribution List Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Distribution Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Invalidation Batch Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Invalidation List Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Invalidation Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloudfront Origin Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Cloudfront Cache Behavior Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Distribution Config Example

13 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Distribution Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Distribution List Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Invalidation Batch Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Invalidation Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Invalidation List Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloudfront Origin Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Cloudfront Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Cloudfront Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Cloudfront Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Cloudfront Agentic Access

9 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Website Acceleration

Fast, secure global content delivery for web applications.

Video Streaming

Live and on-demand video streaming with Media Services integration.

API Acceleration

Low-latency API delivery with edge termination and WebSocket support.

Software Distribution

Scale patch and software update delivery globally to millions of endpoints.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Amazon S3

Serve static content from S3 buckets through CloudFront distributions.

AWS Lambda@Edge

Run Lambda functions at CloudFront edge locations for request customization.

AWS WAF

Filter malicious traffic with WAF rules applied at the CloudFront edge.

AWS ACM

Use ACM SSL/TLS certificates with CloudFront distributions.

Amazon Route 53

Route traffic to CloudFront distributions using Route 53 aliases.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Console

Console

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Compliance

Compliance

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: amazon-cloudfront
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-cloudfront/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Amazon CloudFront
tags:
- AWS
- CloudFront
- CDN
- Content Delivery
- Edge
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-cloudfront.png
description: Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications,
  and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds across 750+ globally dispersed Points of Presence.
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: amazon-cloudfront:amazon-cloudfront-distributions-api
  name: Amazon CloudFront Distributions API
  description: Operations for managing CloudFront distributions
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Distributions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudfront-distributions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudfront/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-config-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-origin-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-cache-behavior-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-invalidation-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudfront-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-cloudfront:amazon-cloudfront-functions-api
  name: Amazon CloudFront Functions API
  description: Operations for managing CloudFront functions
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Functions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudfront-functions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudfront/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-config-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-origin-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-cache-behavior-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-invalidation-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudfront-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-cloudfront:amazon-cloudfront-invalidations-api
  name: Amazon CloudFront Invalidations API
  description: Operations for managing cache invalidations
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Invalidations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloudfront-invalidations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudfront/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-distribution-config-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-origin-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-cache-behavior-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloudfront-invalidation-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloudfront-context.jsonld
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/amazon-cloudfront-capability-edges.yml
  name: Amazon CloudFront Business Capability Map
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-cloudfront/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-cloudfront-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-cloudfront-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-cloudfront-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-cloudfront-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
- type: Signup
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-cloudfront
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloudfront-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloudfront-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Global Edge Network
    description: Deliver content from 750+ globally distributed Points of Presence for low latency.
  - name: DDoS Protection
    description: Built-in AWS Shield Standard protection for all CloudFront distributions at no extra cost.
  - name: Edge Functions
    description: Deploy serverless code at edge locations with CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge.
  - name: HTTPS Encryption
    description: Secure content delivery with HTTPS and field-level encryption capabilities.
  - name: Origin Shield
    description: Additional caching layer to reduce load on origins and improve cache hit rates.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Website Acceleration
    description: Fast, secure global content delivery for web applications.
  - name: Video Streaming
    description: Live and on-demand video streaming with Media Services integration.
  - name: API Acceleration
    description: Low-latency API delivery with edge termination and WebSocket support.
  - name: Software Distribution
    description: Scale patch and software update delivery globally to millions of endpoints.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Serve static content from S3 buckets through CloudFront distributions.
  - name: AWS Lambda@Edge
    description: Run Lambda functions at CloudFront edge locations for request customization.
  - name: AWS WAF
    description: Filter malicious traffic with WAF rules applied at the CloudFront edge.
  - name: AWS ACM
    description: Use ACM SSL/TLS certificates with CloudFront distributions.
  - name: Amazon Route 53
    description: Route traffic to CloudFront distributions using Route 53 aliases.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: aws
x-relationship: product

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