AWS API Gateway: The Unsung Warrior

Become an AWS pro by getting hands-on with API Gateway. Developed by AWS Solution Certified Architects, you’ll build secure apps, integrate services, and create a chat app. No setup, no cleanup, no hassle.

Intermediate

52 Lessons

16h

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

1 Project

1 Assessment

39 Playgrounds

8 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Project

1 Assessment

39 Playgrounds

8 Quizzes

Course Overview

API Gateway is an important component of the AWS serverless stack and has great potential to enable low latency, low-cost, and secure applications. This course takes you through all aspects of the AWS API Gateway and contains ready-to-use code snippets to implement different patterns of serverless API development in AWS. You’ll learn core concepts and get hands-on experience with core API Gateway capabilities. You’ll also dive deep into data mapping and WebSocket APIs and build a fully functional multi-us...Show More

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Using Aws Cloud Services

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience with core API Gateway capabilities

Understanding intricate configurations of the AWS API Gateway that enable low-cost, low-latency, serverless applications

The ability to integrate AWS API Gateway with AWS services, including Dynamo, S3, Step Functions, Comprehend, and others

Hands-on experience building a fully functional multiuser chat application with WebSocket API

Hands-on experience building a fully functional chat application with a Jokes Bot

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience with core API Gateway capabilities

Course Content

Introduction to API Gateway

Get familiar with AWS API Gateway, serverless architectures, and transitioning from monolithic systems.

Before We Begin Web Console vs IaC Create a Lambda Function What's API Gateway?Simple Serverless API

Infinite Potential of API Gateway Quiz: Introduction to API Gateway

API Gateway: High Level View

Grasp the fundamentals of AWS API Gateway, focusing on various API types and integrations.

Rest API HTTP API WebSocket API Private API Regional vs. Edge APIs

HTTP Integration

Lambda Proxy Integration AWS Service Integration Mock Integration Quiz: High-level View of API Gateway

Getting Started with AWS API Gateway

Cloud Lab

API Gateway: Basic Configurations

Explore the configurations for data mapping, authentication, throttling, logging, tracing, caching, and CORS in AWS API Gateway.

Data Mapping API Authentication and Authorization API Throttling API Keys

API Logging API Tracing API Logging Deep Dive API Caching CORS Quiz: Basic Configurations of API Gateway

Data Mapping Deep Dive

Break down complex ideas in data mapping using AWS API Gateway's integration capabilities.

Request Integration

Query Parameters Path Parameters

Request Body Request Headers

Response Integration Response Headers Quiz: Data Mapping Deep Dive

Leveraging AWS API Gateway for Public API Integration

Cloud Lab

Websocket Deep Dive

Solve problems in WebSocket API Gateway for real-time, cost-efficient app communication.

Websocket API

Echo Chat Application Improving the Chat Application Common Architecture Patterns Quiz: Web Socket Deep Dive

AWS Service Integration Deep Dive

10 Lessons

See how it works integrating AWS API Gateway with multiple AWS services for optimized performance.

Integrating AWS Services with API Gateway

Cloud Lab

Appendix

2 Lessons

Master the steps to effectively use CloudFormation and AWS CLI for AWS resource management.

API Gateway Evaluation

Assessment

Chat Application with Jokes Bot

Project

Building a Chat Application Using Lambda Function and API Gateway

Cloud Lab

Course Author

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Emma Bostian 🐞

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