Amazon API Gateway

Key advantages of Amazon API Gateway

Optimize API development by leveraging tiered pricing, starting at $0.90 per million requests, enabling concurrent running of multiple versions, facilitating rapid iteration, testing, and release, all with pay-as-you-go pricing and no minimum fees

Deliver peak performance at scale with Amazon CloudFront’s global edge locations, minimizing latency for API requests and responses, while managing traffic spikes and ensuring efficient backend operations

Track API performance metrics like call volumes, data latency, and error rates through the API Gateway dashboard, which integrates with Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring

Secure API access with IAM, Cognito, and OAuth support in API Gateway, while creating RESTful APIs using HTTP APIs for cost-effectiveness, or REST APIs for full functionality, with the option for custom authorization via Lambda authorizers

What is Amazon API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that streamlines API creation, management, and security for developers at any scale, facilitating seamless access to backend services. APIs serve as entry points for applications to access data and functionality, with API Gateway enabling the creation of RESTful and WebSocket APIs for real-time communication. Supporting both containerized and serverless workloads, API Gateway manages tasks like traffic handling, authorization, monitoring, and version control for hundreds of thousands of concurrent API calls. With a flexible pricing model based on usage, API Gateway offers cost efficiency as your API needs grow.

How it Works

Amazon API Gateway provides RESTful APIs for serverless workloads and HTTP backends via HTTP APIs, perfect for simple API proxy needs. For more comprehensive solutions, REST APIs offer additional management features. Additionally, WebSocket APIs enable real-time communication applications such as chat apps and streaming dashboards, ensuring seamless message transfer between backend services and clients.