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 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: 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