POST

/2020-05-31/origin-access-identity/cloudfront

https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/origin-access-identity/cloudfront

Creates a new origin access identity. If you're using Amazon S3 for your origin, you can use an origin access identity to require users to access your content using a CloudFront URL instead of the Amazon S3 URL. For more information about how to use origin access identities, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/PrivateContent.html">Serving Private Content through CloudFront</a> in the <i>Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide</i>.

Access Token Required: API Key

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/origin-access-identity/cloudfront' \
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}