Amazon Cloudfront Versioned File Retrieval Using AWS Cpp SDK

A small sample that shows how to use the AWS C++ SDK to retrieve a file using HTTP requests.

Requirements

• An AWS account with access to Amazon Cognito: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or higher (any edition): https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/

Contents

├── AWS/ # Source for an AWS Lambda function to choose an asset

├── FilesToUploadToAmazonS3/ # Sample files to demonstrate assets with different versions

└── GameClient/ # Contains solution file as well the sample source code

├── GameClient.sln       # Solution that builds the sample

├── GameClient.cpp       # The C++ code showing how to use the HTTP library

└── settings.h           # Configuration header to choose the URL to GET from

Building and using the sample

This code accompanies an article on downloading versioned game assets from Cloudfront, however it also shows how to use the AWS C++ SDK HTTP library to perform GET operations. You can find the article here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/how-to-deliver-custom-game-content-to-players-using-lambdaedge

License Summary

This sample code is made available under the MIT-0 license. See the LICENSE file.