CloudFront

CloudFront is Amazon Web Services' content delivery network (CDN) for delivering data, video, applications, and APIs globally with low latency. This repository is the short-form profile for AWS CloudFront; the canonical AWS service profile lives at amazon-cloudfront in the API Evangelist Network. CloudFront's API is part of the AWS Service Reference and exposes operations for distributions, origins, cache behaviors, invalidations, origin access identities, functions, and Lambda@Edge.

CloudFront publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including CachePolicies API, Distributions API, Functions API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Alias, CDN, Caching, Content Delivery, and Edge Computing.

CloudFront’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, and 7 more developer resources.

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30.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessSelf serve

7 APIs

Alias CDN Caching Content Delivery Edge ComputingLambda@EdgeNetwork

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Composite quality — 30.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Access Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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

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APIs 7

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

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Canonical

Canonical

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cloudfront
name: CloudFront
description: CloudFront is Amazon Web Services' content delivery network (CDN) for delivering data, video, applications, and
  APIs globally with low latency. This repository is the short-form profile for AWS CloudFront; the canonical AWS service
  profile lives at amazon-cloudfront in the API Evangelist Network. CloudFront's API is part of the AWS Service Reference
  and exposes operations for distributions, origins, cache behaviors, invalidations, origin access identities, functions,
  and Lambda@Edge.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cloudfront.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudfront/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
kind: company
x-alias-of: amazon-cloudfront
tags:
- Alias
- AWS
- CDN
- Caching
- Content Delivery
- Edge Computing
- Lambda@Edge
- Network
apis:
- aid: cloudfront:canonical
  name: AWS CloudFront API (canonical)
  tags:
  - Canonical
  - REST
  - AWS
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/
    type: Developer Guide
  description: The AWS CloudFront REST API exposes operations for managing distributions (CreateDistribution, GetDistribution,
    UpdateDistribution, DeleteDistribution, ListDistributions), origins, cache policies, invalidations, origin access identities
    and OAC, key groups, CloudFront Functions, Lambda@Edge associations, real-time log configs and field-level encryption.
    AWS Signature v4 authentication.
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-cachepolicies-api
  name: CloudFront CachePolicies API
  description: The CachePolicies API from CloudFront — 2 operation(s) for cachepolicies.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - CachePolicies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-cachepolicies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-distributions-api
  name: CloudFront Distributions API
  description: The Distributions API from CloudFront — 3 operation(s) for distributions.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Distributions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-distributions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-functions-api
  name: CloudFront Functions API
  description: The Functions API from CloudFront — 2 operation(s) for functions.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Functions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-functions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-invalidations-api
  name: CloudFront Invalidations API
  description: The Invalidations API from CloudFront — 2 operation(s) for invalidations.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Invalidations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-invalidations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-originaccesscontrol-api
  name: CloudFront OriginAccessControl API
  description: The OriginAccessControl API from CloudFront — 2 operation(s) for originaccesscontrol.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - OriginAccessControl
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-originaccesscontrol-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cloudfront:cloudfront-publickeys-api
  name: CloudFront PublicKeys API
  description: The PublicKeys API from CloudFront — 1 operation(s) for publickeys.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - PublicKeys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudfront-publickeys-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cloudfront-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/cloudfront-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cloudfront-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cloudfront-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cloudfront-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Canonical
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-cloudfront
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com

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APIs 7

AWS CloudFront API (canonical)

CloudFront CachePolicies API

CloudFront Distributions API

CloudFront Functions API

CloudFront Invalidations API

CloudFront OriginAccessControl API

CloudFront PublicKeys API

Open Collections 8

API Collection

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Amazon CloudFront CachePolicies Distributions API

Amazon CloudFront CachePolicies Functions API

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Amazon CloudFront CachePolicies PublicKeys API

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Agentic Access 1

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