diff --git a/packages/cloudfront-signer/README.md b/packages/cloudfront-signer/README.md
index db1ff01bb59f..9c870211ec94 100644
--- a/packages/cloudfront-signer/README.md
+++ b/packages/cloudfront-signer/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,43 @@ const signedUrl = getSignedUrl({
 });
 ```
 
-### Sign a URL for cookies
+### Sign a URL with a Policy
+
+```javascript
+import { getSignedUrl } from "@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer"; // ESM
+// const { getSignedUrl } = require("@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer"); // CJS
+
+const cloudfrontDistributionDomain = "https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net";
+const s3ObjectKey = "private-content/private.jpeg";
+const url = `${cloudfrontDistributionDomain}/${s3ObjectKey}`;
+const privateKey = "CONTENTS-OF-PRIVATE-KEY";
+const keyPairId = "PUBLIC-KEY-ID-OF-CLOUDFRONT-KEY-PAIR";
+const dateLessThan = "2022-01-01";
+
+const policy = {
+  Statement: [
+    {
+      Resource: url,
+      Condition: {
+        DateLessThan: {
+          "AWS:EpochTime": new Date(dateLessThan).getTime() / 1000, // time in seconds
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+const policyString = JSON.stringify(policy);
+
+const cookies = getSignedUrl({
+  keyPairId,
+  privateKey,
+  policy: policyString,
+  // url is automatically extracted from the policy, however you could still overwrite it if needed
+});
+```
+
+### Get signed cookies for a resource
 
 ```javascript
 import { getSignedCookies } from "@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer"; // ESM
@@ -47,3 +83,38 @@ const cookies = getSignedCookies({
   privateKey,
 });
 ```
+
+### Get signed cookies with a Policy
+
+```javascript
+import { getSignedCookies } from "@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer"; // ESM
+// const { getSignedCookies } = require("@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer"); // CJS
+
+const cloudfrontDistributionDomain = "https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net";
+const s3ObjectKey = "private-content/private.jpeg";
+const url = `${cloudfrontDistributionDomain}/${s3ObjectKey}`;
+const privateKey = "CONTENTS-OF-PRIVATE-KEY";
+const keyPairId = "PUBLIC-KEY-ID-OF-CLOUDFRONT-KEY-PAIR";
+const dateLessThan = "2022-01-01";
+
+const policy = {
+  Statement: [
+    {
+      Resource: url,
+      Condition: {
+        DateLessThan: {
+          "AWS:EpochTime": new Date(dateLessThan).getTime() / 1000, // time in seconds
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+const policyString = JSON.stringify(policy);
+
+const cookies = getSignedCookies({
+  keyPairId,
+  privateKey,
+  policy: policyString,
+});
+```
diff --git a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
index d98d879989db..5f17caf852fa 100644
--- a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { parseUrl } from "@smithy/url-parser";
 import { createSign, createVerify } from "crypto";
-import { mkdtempSync, rmdirSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
-import { tmpdir } from "os";
-import { resolve } from "path";
 
 import { getSignedCookies, getSignedUrl } from "./index";
 
@@ -341,6 +338,19 @@ describe("getSignedUrl", () => {
     const signatureQueryParam = denormalizeBase64(signature);
     expect(verifySignature(signatureQueryParam, policy)).toBeTruthy();
   });
+  it("should sign a URL automatically extracted from a policy provided by the user", () => {
+    const policy = JSON.stringify({ Statement: [{ Resource: url }] });
+    const result = getSignedUrl({
+      keyPairId,
+      privateKey,
+      policy,
+      passphrase,
+    });
+    const signature = createSignature(policy);
+    expect(result).toBe(`${url}?Policy=${encodeToBase64(policy)}&Key-Pair-Id=${keyPairId}&Signature=${signature}`);
+    const signatureQueryParam = denormalizeBase64(signature);
+    expect(verifySignature(signatureQueryParam, policy)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("getSignedCookies", () => {
@@ -573,10 +583,9 @@ describe("getSignedCookies", () => {
     expect(result["CloudFront-Signature"]).toBe(expected["CloudFront-Signature"]);
     expect(verifySignature(denormalizeBase64(result["CloudFront-Signature"]), policyStr)).toBeTruthy();
   });
-  it("should sign a URL with a policy provided by the user", () => {
+  it("should sign cookies with a policy provided by the user without a url", () => {
     const policy = '{"foo":"bar"}';
     const result = getSignedCookies({
-      url,
       keyPairId,
       privateKey,
       policy,
diff --git a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
index 2022637702b4..016c61c43165 100644
--- a/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudfront-signer/src/sign.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,68 @@
 import { createSign } from "crypto";
 
-/** Input type to getSignedUrl and getSignedCookies. */
+/**
+ * Input type to getSignedUrl and getSignedCookies.
+ * @public
+ */
 export type CloudfrontSignInput = CloudfrontSignInputWithParameters | CloudfrontSignInputWithPolicy;
 
-export interface CloudfrontSignInputBase {
-  /** The URL string to sign. */
-  url: string;
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CloudfrontSignerCredentials = {
   /** The ID of the Cloudfront key pair. */
   keyPairId: string;
   /** The content of the Cloudfront private key. */
   privateKey: string | Buffer;
   /** The passphrase of RSA-SHA1 key*/
   passphrase?: string;
-  /** The date string for when the signed URL or cookie can no longer be accessed. */
-  dateLessThan?: string;
-  /** The IP address string to restrict signed URL access to. */
-  ipAddress?: string;
-  /** The date string for when the signed URL or cookie can start to be accessed. */
-  dateGreaterThan?: string;
-}
+};
 
-export type CloudfrontSignInputWithParameters = CloudfrontSignInputBase & {
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CloudfrontSignInputWithParameters = CloudfrontSignerCredentials & {
+  /** The URL string to sign. */
+  url: string;
   /** The date string for when the signed URL or cookie can no longer be accessed */
   dateLessThan: string;
-  /** For this type policy should not be provided. */
+  /** The date string for when the signed URL or cookie can start to be accessed. */
+  dateGreaterThan?: string;
+  /** The IP address string to restrict signed URL access to. */
+  ipAddress?: string;
+  /**
+   * [policy] should not be provided when using separate
+   * dateLessThan, dateGreaterThan, or ipAddress inputs.
+   */
   policy?: never;
 };
 
-export type CloudfrontSignInputWithPolicy = CloudfrontSignInputBase & {
-  /** The JSON-encoded policy string */
-  policy: string;
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CloudfrontSignInputWithPolicy = CloudfrontSignerCredentials & {
   /**
-   * For this type dateLessThan should not be provided.
+   * The URL string to sign. Optional when policy is provided.
+   *
+   * This will be used as the initial url if calling getSignedUrl
+   * with a policy.
+   *
+   * This will be ignored if calling getSignedCookies with a policy.
    */
+  url?: string;
+  /** The JSON-encoded policy string */
+  policy: string;
+  /** When using a policy, a separate dateLessThan should not be provided. */
   dateLessThan?: never;
-  /**
-   * For this type ipAddress should not be provided.
-   */
-  ipAddress?: string;
-  /**
-   * For this type dateGreaterThan should not be provided.
-   */
+  /** When using a policy, a separate dateGreaterThan should not be provided. */
   dateGreaterThan?: never;
+  /** When using a policy, a separate ipAddress should not be provided.  */
+  ipAddress?: never;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
 export interface CloudfrontSignedCookiesOutput {
   /** ID of the Cloudfront key pair. */
   "CloudFront-Key-Pair-Id": string;
@@ -57,6 +76,7 @@ export interface CloudfrontSignedCookiesOutput {
 
 /**
  * Creates a signed URL string using a canned or custom policy.
+ * @public
  * @returns the input URL with signature attached as query parameters.
  */
 export function getSignedUrl({
@@ -74,6 +94,11 @@ export function getSignedUrl({
     privateKey,
     passphrase,
   });
+
+  if (!url && !policy) {
+    throw new Error("@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer: Please provide 'url' or 'policy'.");
+  }
+
   if (policy) {
     cloudfrontSignBuilder.setCustomPolicy(policy);
   } else {
@@ -85,10 +110,23 @@ export function getSignedUrl({
     });
   }
 
-  const newURL = new URL(url);
+  let baseUrl: string | undefined;
+  if (url) {
+    baseUrl = url;
+  } else if (policy) {
+    const resources = getPolicyResources(policy!);
+    if (!resources[0]) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "@aws-sdk/cloudfront-signer: No URL provided and unable to determine URL from first policy statement resource."
+      );
+    }
+    baseUrl = resources[0].replace("*://", "https://");
+  }
+
+  const newURL = new URL(baseUrl!);
   newURL.search = Array.from(newURL.searchParams.entries())
     .concat(Object.entries(cloudfrontSignBuilder.createCloudfrontAttribute()))
-    .filter(([key, value]) => value !== undefined)
+    .filter(([, value]) => value !== undefined)
     .map(([key, value]) => `${encodeURIComponent(key)}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`)
     .join("&");
 
@@ -97,6 +135,7 @@ export function getSignedUrl({
 
 /**
  * Creates signed cookies using a canned or custom policy.
+ * @public
  * @returns an object with keys/values that can be added to cookies.
  */
 export function getSignedCookies({
@@ -138,6 +177,9 @@ export function getSignedCookies({
   return cookies;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 interface Policy {
   Statement: Array<{
     Resource: string;
@@ -155,15 +197,24 @@ interface Policy {
   }>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 interface PolicyDates {
   dateLessThan: number;
   dateGreaterThan?: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 interface BuildPolicyInput extends PolicyDates, Pick<CloudfrontSignInput, "ipAddress"> {
   resource: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 interface CloudfrontAttributes {
   Expires?: number;
   Policy?: string;
@@ -171,6 +222,20 @@ interface CloudfrontAttributes {
   Signature: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Utility to get the allowed resources of a policy.
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @param policy - The JSON/JSON-encoded policy
+ */
+function getPolicyResources(policy: string | Policy) {
+  const parsedPolicy: Policy = typeof policy === "string" ? JSON.parse(policy) : policy;
+  return (parsedPolicy?.Statement ?? []).map((s) => s.Resource);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 function getResource(url: URL): string {
   switch (url.protocol) {
     case "http:":
@@ -183,6 +248,9 @@ function getResource(url: URL): string {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
 class CloudfrontSignBuilder {
   private keyPairId: string;
   private privateKey: string | Buffer;
@@ -190,15 +258,8 @@ class CloudfrontSignBuilder {
   private policy: string;
   private customPolicy = false;
   private dateLessThan?: number | undefined;
-  constructor({
-    privateKey,
-    keyPairId,
-    passphrase,
-  }: {
-    keyPairId: string;
-    privateKey: string | Buffer;
-    passphrase?: string;
-  }) {
+
+  constructor({ privateKey, keyPairId, passphrase }: CloudfrontSignerCredentials) {
     this.keyPairId = keyPairId;
     this.privateKey = privateKey;
     this.policy = "";
@@ -371,3 +432,16 @@ class CloudfrontSignBuilder {
     };
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use CloudfrontSignInput, CloudfrontSignInputWithParameters, or CloudfrontSignInputWithPolicy.
+ */
+export type CloudfrontSignInputBase = {
+  url: string;
+  keyPairId: string;
+  privateKey: string | Buffer;
+  passphrase?: string;
+  dateLessThan?: string;
+  ipAddress?: string;
+  dateGreaterThan?: string;
+};