Learn about REST APIs in Amazon API Gateway and how to create and configure a REST API in API Gateway.

Find out what is RESTful API, how and why businesses use RESTful APIs, and how to use API Gateway with AWS.

Jan 21, 2025 · Amazon API Gateway is an AWS service for creating, publishing, maintaining, monitoring, and securing REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs at any scale.

Oct 2, 2025 · AWS API Gateway serves as the “front door” for your applications, providing a robust, scalable solution for managing REST APIs at any scale. Think of it as a sophisticated traffic …

Oct 9, 2024 · By the end of this tutorial, you will have a fully functional API deployed on AWS, and you'll be able to apply these skills to build scalable and secure serverless applications.

The following sections summarize core features that are available in REST APIs and HTTP APIs. When necessary, additional links are provided to navigate between the REST API and HTTP API sections …

REST APIs in Amazon API Gateway represent far more than simple HTTP endpoints - they serve as sophisticated traffic controllers, security gatekeepers, and performance optimizers that can make or …

Amazon API Gateway helps you build HTTP, REST, and WebSocket APIs with a fully managed service that makes it easy to create, publish, maintain, manage, monitor, and secure APIs.

While AWS might add support for this in the future, your best bet is to stick with REST APIs right now and leverage HTTP APIs for any endpoints that don't require usage plans and API Keys.

In this getting started exercise, you create a serverless REST API using the API Gateway REST API console. Serverless APIs let you focus on your applications instead of spending your time …