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Why API Gateway?

Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. APIs act as the "front door" for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from your backend services. Using API Gateway, you can create RESTful APIs and WebSocket APIs that enable real-time two-way communication applications. API Gateway supports containerized and serverless workloads, as well as web applications.

API Gateway handles all the tasks involved in accepting and processing up to hundreds of thousands of concurrent API calls, including traffic management, CORS support, authorization and access control, throttling, monitoring, and API version management. API Gateway has no minimum fees or startup costs. You pay for the API calls you receive and the amount of data transferred out and, with the API Gateway tiered pricing model, you can reduce your cost as your API usage scales.

RESTful APIs

Build RESTful APIs optimized for serverless workloads and HTTP backends using HTTP APIs. HTTP APIs are the best choice for building APIs that only require API proxy functionality. If your APIs require API proxy functionality and API management features in a single solution, API Gateway also offers REST APIs.

WEBSOCKET APIs

Build real-time two-way communication applications, such as chat apps and streaming dashboards, with WebSocket APIs. API Gateway maintains a persistent connection to handle message transfer between your backend service and your clients.

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WirelessCar

Learn how connected mobility provider WirelessCar enhanced startup performance using AWS Lambda SnapStart for Java.

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Odyssey Interactive

Learn how game studio Odyssey Interactive launched its debut multiplayer game, Omega Strikers, worldwide using managed infrastructure on AWS.

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Betterfly

Learn how Betterfly simplifies group protection and benefits management and encourages daily positive habits using a digital solution built on AWS.

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TiVo

Learn how TiVo in the media and entertainment industry achieved burstable scalability and consistent uptime of streaming services using AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway.

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Sign up for an AWS account

Instantly get access to the AWS Free Tier.

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Start building with AWS

Visit the AWS Management Console.