Use GetDistributionConfig with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon CloudFront

Use GetDistributionConfig with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetDistributionConfig.

CLI
AWS CLI

To get a CloudFront distribution configuration

The following example gets metadata about the CloudFront distribution with the ID EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE, including its ETag. The distribution ID is returned in the create-distribution and list-distributions commands.

aws cloudfront get-distribution-config --id EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE

Output:

{ "ETag": "E2QWRUHEXAMPLE", "DistributionConfig": { "CallerReference": "cli-example", "Aliases": { "Quantity": 0 }, "DefaultRootObject": "index.html", "Origins": { "Quantity": 1, "Items": [ { "Id": "awsexamplebucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example", "DomainName": "awsexamplebucket.s3.amazonaws.com", "OriginPath": "", "CustomHeaders": { "Quantity": 0 }, "S3OriginConfig": { "OriginAccessIdentity": "" } } ] }, "OriginGroups": { "Quantity": 0 }, "DefaultCacheBehavior": { "TargetOriginId": "awsexamplebucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example", "ForwardedValues": { "QueryString": false, "Cookies": { "Forward": "none" }, "Headers": { "Quantity": 0 }, "QueryStringCacheKeys": { "Quantity": 0 } }, "TrustedSigners": { "Enabled": false, "Quantity": 0 }, "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all", "MinTTL": 0, "AllowedMethods": { "Quantity": 2, "Items": [ "HEAD", "GET" ], "CachedMethods": { "Quantity": 2, "Items": [ "HEAD", "GET" ] } }, "SmoothStreaming": false, "DefaultTTL": 86400, "MaxTTL": 31536000, "Compress": false, "LambdaFunctionAssociations": { "Quantity": 0 }, "FieldLevelEncryptionId": "" }, "CacheBehaviors": { "Quantity": 0 }, "CustomErrorResponses": { "Quantity": 0 }, "Comment": "", "Logging": { "Enabled": false, "IncludeCookies": false, "Bucket": "", "Prefix": "" }, "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All", "Enabled": true, "ViewerCertificate": { "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true, "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1", "CertificateSource": "cloudfront" }, "Restrictions": { "GeoRestriction": { "RestrictionType": "none", "Quantity": 0 } }, "WebACLId": "", "HttpVersion": "http2", "IsIPV6Enabled": true } }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Retrieves the configuration for a specific distribution.

Get-CFDistributionConfig -Id EXAMPLE0000ID
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

class CloudFrontWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudFront operations.""" def __init__(self, cloudfront_client): """ :param cloudfront_client: A Boto3 CloudFront client """ self.cloudfront_client = cloudfront_client def update_distribution(self): distribution_id = input( "This script updates the comment for a CloudFront distribution.\n" "Enter a CloudFront distribution ID: " ) distribution_config_response = self.cloudfront_client.get_distribution_config( Id=distribution_id ) distribution_config = distribution_config_response["DistributionConfig"] distribution_etag = distribution_config_response["ETag"] distribution_config["Comment"] = input( f"\nThe current comment for distribution {distribution_id} is " f"'{distribution_config['Comment']}'.\n" f"Enter a new comment: " ) self.cloudfront_client.update_distribution( DistributionConfig=distribution_config, Id=distribution_id, IfMatch=distribution_etag, ) print("Done!")

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using CloudFront with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.