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Add an origin header to a CloudFront Functions viewer request event

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The following code example shows how to add an origin header to a CloudFront Functions viewer request event.

JavaScript
JavaScript runtime 2.0 for CloudFront Functions
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the CloudFront Functions examples repository.

async function handler(event) { var request = event.request; var headers = request.headers; var host = request.headers.host.value; // If origin header is missing, set it equal to the host header. if (!headers.origin) headers.origin = {value:`https://${host}`}; return request; }
JavaScript runtime 2.0 for CloudFront Functions
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the CloudFront Functions examples repository.

async function handler(event) { var request = event.request; var headers = request.headers; var host = request.headers.host.value; // If origin header is missing, set it equal to the host header. if (!headers.origin) headers.origin = {value:`https://${host}`}; return request; }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using CloudFront with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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