cloudfront-invalidate-cache

Simple CLI to invalidate cache for AWS CloudFront.
You can create invalidation with CNAME.


Installation

``bash
npm install cloudfront-invalidate-cache --save
`

Also, you can install with -g (global) option. Alternatively, you can use npx to run it without installing.

AWS permissions

You need 2 permissions to run cloudfront-invalidate-cache.

- cloudfront:CreateInvalidation
- cloudfront:ListDistributions

The minimum policy to run is below.

`json
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "CloudFrontInvalidateCache",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudfront:ListDistributions",
"cloudfront:CreateInvalidation"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
`

Usage

`bash
cloudfront-invalidate-cache --cname your.domain.example.com
`

Or, without installing,

`bash
npx cloudfront-invalidate-cache --cname your.domain.example.com
`

Argument

cloudfront-invalidate-cache has only one argument.

$3

CNAME alias for the distribution.

APIs

`javascript
const { invalidateCache } = require('cloudfront-invalidate-cache');

invalidateCache('your.domain.example.com')
.then(() => {
console.log('done!');
})
.catch(err => {
console.error(err);
});
``