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Amazon CloudFront This is the Amazon CloudFront API Reference . This guide is for developers who need detailed information about CloudFront API actions, data types, and errors. For detailed information about CloudFront features, see the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide .

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET ListCachePolicies2020_05_31

Gets a list of cache policies. You can optionally apply a filter to return only the managed policies created by Amazon Web Services, or only the custom policies created in your Amazon Web Services account. You can optionally specify the maximum number of items to receive in the resp

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy?Type=managed&Marker=example&MaxItems=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy?Type=managed&Marker=example&MaxItems=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Type": "managed",
    "Marker": "example",
    "MaxItems": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy');
url.searchParams.set('Type', 'managed');
url.searchParams.set('Marker', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxItems', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Type", "managed")
	q.Set("Marker", "example")
	q.Set("MaxItems", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Type" => "managed",
  "Marker" => "example",
  "MaxItems" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/cache-policy?" . http_build_query([
    "Type" => "managed",
    "Marker" => "example",
    "MaxItems" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListContinuousDeploymentPolicies2020_05_31

Gets a list of the continuous deployment policies in your Amazon Web Services account. You can optionally specify the maximum number of items to receive in the response. If the total number of items in the list exceeds the maximum that you specify, or the default maximum, the response is p

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy?Marker=example&MaxItems=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy?Marker=example&MaxItems=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Marker": "example",
    "MaxItems": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy');
url.searchParams.set('Marker', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxItems', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Marker", "example")
	q.Set("MaxItems", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Marker" => "example",
  "MaxItems" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/continuous-deployment-policy?" . http_build_query([
    "Marker" => "example",
    "MaxItems" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListDistributions2020_05_31

List CloudFront distributions.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution?Marker=example&MaxItems=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution?Marker=example&MaxItems=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Marker": "example",
    "MaxItems": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution');
url.searchParams.set('Marker', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxItems', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Marker", "example")
	q.Set("MaxItems", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Marker" => "example",
  "MaxItems" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/cloudfront/2020-05-31/2020-05-31/distribution?" . http_build_query([
    "Marker" => "example",
    "MaxItems" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Amazon CloudFront?

Amazon CloudFront is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Amazon CloudFront is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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