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I would like to know if it's possible to clear CloudFront's cache,

The file concerned has changed on Amazon S3 but it's not being updated on CloudFront.

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Might be useful to know you can also do this right from the AWS Console.

Distribution Settings > Invalidations > Create Invalidation

Then just type in the paths to invalidate in the same format displayed there.

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I found the answer using Python:

import boto
cf = boto.connect_cloudfront('aws_access_key_id', 'aws_secret_access_key')
cf.create_invalidation_request("distribution_id", ["/path1","/path2"])

Documentation:

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I was wondering how to get the distribution_id. Found it through the python shell, with help of boto.s3.amazonaws.com/ref/cloudfront.html – Rob W Oct 7 '12 at 10:18
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In case you use Chrome, you can use this plugin.

Disclaimer: I'm the author.

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Do you have an example of what a purge request looks like using the plugin? I'm confused on how that works. – mheavers May 24 '12 at 16:10
What the complete url u wanna purge? if it is example.com/foo/bar.jpg you need to enter /foo/bar.jpg in the box – sajal May 25 '12 at 10:18

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