Use GetDistributionConfig
with an AWS SDK or CLI
The following code examples show how to use GetDistributionConfig
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- CLI
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- AWS CLI
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To get a CloudFront distribution configuration
The following example gets metadata about the CloudFront distribution with the ID
EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE
, including itsETag
. 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 } }
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For API details, see GetDistributionConfig
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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- PowerShell
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- Tools for PowerShell
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Example 1: Retrieves the configuration for a specific distribution.
Get-CFDistributionConfig -Id EXAMPLE0000ID
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For API details, see GetDistributionConfig in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
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- Python
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- SDK for Python (Boto3)
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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!")
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For API details, see GetDistributionConfig in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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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.