Working With Amazon API Gateway
The Amazon API Gateway can be accessed through the following:
- AWS Management Console
- AWS SDKs, API Gateway V1, and V2 APIs
- AWS Command Line Interface
- AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
For example, if you want to create an HTTP API, first, you have to create a lambda function and for creating a AWS lambda function, you have to use the lambda service of AWS, then you have to create HTTP API using API Gateways followed by testing the API.
Let us look at AWS API Gateways on the AWS management console. Login to your AWS account. Once you are redirected to the AWS management console. Click on “Services”. Search on the search bar for API Gateways. Refer to the given image:
In This Article we will try to create HTTP API Gatewway.
Amazon Web Service – Introduction to API Gateway
Firstly, API stands for Application Program Interface. An API Gateway is a management tool that acts as an interface between users and microservices. The Amazon API Gateway is an AWS service that allows users to create, publish, secure, maintain and monitor APIs at any scale. You can create APIs in your client application and can also make them available to third-party developers. It is serverless. It supports HTTP, WebSocket, and REST APIs. API Gateway is a type of server that provides the service of API which is used to customize each client.
The Netflix API Gateway is the most popular example of API Gateway. Many e‑commerce site uses an API gateway to provide the endpoint for retrieving the details of all products from mobile clients with only a single request. So, This invokes many different services like the proper information of product, and product reviews and then combines the results.
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