CloudFront code examples for the SDK for Python

Overview

Shows how to use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) to work with Amazon CloudFront.

CloudFront speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic web content, such as .html, .css, .php, image, and media files.

⚠ Important

• Running this code might result in charges to your AWS account. For more details, see AWS Pricing and Free Tier.
• Running the tests might result in charges to your AWS account.
• We recommend that you grant your code least privilege. At most, grant only the minimum permissions required to perform the task. For more information, see Grant least privilege.
• This code is not tested in every AWS Region. For more information, see AWS Regional Services.

Code examples

Prerequisites

For prerequisites, see the README in the python folder.

Install the packages required by these examples by running the following in a virtual environment:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Single actions

Code excerpts that show you how to call individual service functions.

• GetDistributionConfig
• ListDistributions
• UpdateDistribution

Run the examples

Instructions

Start the example by running the following at a command prompt:

python distributions.py

Tests

⚠ Running tests might result in charges to your AWS account.

To find instructions for running these tests, see the README in the python folder.

Additional resources

• CloudFront Developer Guide
• CloudFront API Reference
• SDK for Python CloudFront reference

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