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An API Gateway overview

An API Gateway overview - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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An API Gateway overview

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- API Gateway is one of those tip of the iceberg type services. It is an entry point into Amazon Web Services. You have an application that needs to send data to AWS. Most likely it's going to be going through API Gateway, unless you're doing an app direct to service with like a Cognito identity pool, then if you're not doing that, then more than likely you're going to be using API Gateway talking to Lambda functions. API Gateway allows you to create, maintain, and secure APIs at any scale. API standing for application programming interface. Amazon makes a distinction between an app developer and an API developer, and it's an important distinction to make, because one of them does not need IAM credentials, that being the app developer. The app developer is writing an application that calls AWS services using an API Gateway. This person does not need IAM credentials unless your API is explicitly configured to require them. An API developer would require IAM credentials. It is this…

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