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# Retrieve Distribution

Returns the Distribution by ID.

```json
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If another tenant currently claims the same\ndomain, publishing this TXT record is required for the distribution to become available.\n","properties":{"ownershipTxtFqdn":{"type":"string","description":"FQDN where the TXT record must be published in DNS to claim ownership of the configured domain.\n","readOnly":true},"ownershipTxtValue":{"type":"string","description":"Opaque token value of the TXT record that must be published at ownershipTxtFqdn\nto claim ownership of the configured domain.\n","readOnly":true}}},"ResourceState":{"type":"object","description":"The current status of the resource.","required":["state"],"properties":{"state":{"type":"string","description":"Represents one of the possible states of the resource.","enum":["AVAILABLE","BUSY","FAILED","UNKNOWN"],"readOnly":true},"message":{"type":"string","description":"A human readable message describing the current state.\nIn case of an error, the message will contain a detailed error message.\n","readOnly":true}}},"Distribution":{"type":"object","description":"A CDN distribution resource.\n","required":["domain","routingRules"],"properties":{"domain":{"description":"The domain of the distribution.","type":"string","pattern":"^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,63}\\.?$","minLength":2,"maxLength":253},"certificateId":{"description":"The ID of the certificate to use for the distribution.","type":"string","format":"uuid"},"routingRules":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/RoutingRule"},"description":"The routing rules for the distribution.","minItems":1,"maxItems":25}}},"RoutingRule":{"type":"object","required":["prefix","upstream","scheme"],"properties":{"scheme":{"type":"string","description":"The scheme of the routing rule.","enum":["http","https","http/https"]},"prefix":{"type":"string","description":"The prefix of the routing rule.","pattern":"^(\\/[\\w\\;\\:\\@\\&\\=\\$\\+\\.\\-]*[\\/[\\w\\;\\:\\@\\&\\=\\$\\+\\.\\-]*]*)$","minLength":1,"maxLength":128},"upstream":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Upstream"}}},"Upstream":{"type":"object","required":["host","caching","waf","rateLimitClass","sniMode"],"properties":{"host":{"type":"string","pattern":"^(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,63}\\.?$","description":"The upstream host that handles the requests if not already cached.\nThis host will be protected by the WAF if the option is enabled.\n"},"caching":{"type":"boolean","description":"Enable or disable caching.\nIf enabled, the CDN will cache the responses from the upstream host.\nSubsequent requests for the same resource will be served from the cache.\n"},"waf":{"type":"boolean","description":"Enable or disable WAF to protect the upstream host."},"geoRestrictions":{"description":"This field manages the list of countries that are allowed or blocked from accessing the resource\nfrom the upstream host based on their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.\n","oneOf":[{"type":"object","required":["blockList"],"properties":{"blockList":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/CountryCodes"}}},{"type":"object","required":["allowList"],"properties":{"allowList":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/CountryCodes"}}}]},"rateLimitClass":{"type":"string","enum":["R1","R5","R10","R25","R50","R100","R250","R500"],"description":"Rate limit class that will be applied to limit the number of incoming requests per IP."},"sniMode":{"type":"string","description":"The SNI (Server Name Indication) mode of the upstream host. 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We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"ServiceUnavailable":{"description":"### Service Unavailable\nThe server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnexpectedError":{"description":"### Unexpected Internal Server Error\nAn unexpected internal error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}},"paths":{"/distributions/{distributionId}":{"get":{"operationId":"distributionsFindById","summary":"Retrieve Distribution","tags":["Distributions"],"description":"Returns the Distribution by ID.","parameters":[{"name":"distributionId","in":"path","schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"required":true,"description":"The ID (UUID) of the Distribution."}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"Getting Distribution was successful.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/DistributionRead"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/Unauthorized"},"403":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotAllowed"},"404":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotFound"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalError"},"503":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable"},"default":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnexpectedError"}}}}}}
```


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