intermediate~2h

Amazon API Gateway

A fully managed front door for your APIs — routing, throttling, authentication, and request/response transformation, without running your own API layer.

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🎓 Learning objectives

  • Explain what API Gateway handles so your backend doesn't have to
  • Distinguish REST APIs from HTTP APIs in API Gateway and when to use each
  • Explain how API Gateway integrates with Lambda for a fully serverless API
  • Configure throttling and an API key/usage plan for rate limiting

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