POST

/2020-05-31/distribution/{PrimaryDistributionId}/copy

https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution/{PrimaryDistributionId}/copy

<p>Creates a staging distribution using the configuration of the provided primary distribution. A staging distribution is a copy of an existing distribution (called the primary distribution) that you can use in a continuous deployment workflow.</p> <p>After you create a staging distribution, you can use <code>UpdateDistribution</code> to modify the staging distribution's configuration. Then you can use <code>CreateContinuousDeploymentPolicy</code> to incrementally move traffic to the staging distribution.</p>

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

PrimaryDistributionIdstringrequired

The identifier of the primary distribution whose configuration you are copying. To get a distribution ID, use <code>ListDistributions</code>.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution/{PrimaryDistributionId}/copy' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}