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Serverless Architectures with AWS

You're reading from   Serverless Architectures with AWS Discover how you can migrate from traditional deployments to serverless architectures with AWS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789805024
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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API Gateway


API development is a complex process, and is a process that is constantly changing. As part of API development, there are many inherent complex tasks, such as managing multiple API versions, implementation of access and authorization, managing underlying servers, and doing operational work. All of this makes API development more challenging and impactful on an organization's ability to deliver software in a timely, reliable, and repeatable way.

Amazon API Gateway is a service from Amazon that takes care of all API development-related issues (discussed previously) and enables you to make your API development process more robust and reliable. Let's look into this in more detail now.

What is API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that focuses on creating, publishing, maintaining, monitoring, and securing APIs. Using API Gateway, you can create an API that acts as a single point of integration for external applications while you implement business logic and other...

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