With API Gateway, you can create RESTful APIs using either HTTP APIs or REST APIs. HTTP APIs are the best way to build APIs that do not require API management features. HTTP APIs are optimized for serverless workloads and HTTP backends—they offer up to 71% cost savings and 60% latency reduction compared to REST APIs from API Gateway. For workloads that require API proxy functionality and API management features in a single solution, such as usage plans and API keys, API Gateway offers REST APIs. To see a side-by-side comparison of supported features for HTTP APIs and REST APIs, visit our documentation. To build real-time two-way communication applications, such as chat apps and streaming dashboards, use WebSocket APIs. To learn more about RESTful APIs and WebSocket APIs from API Gateway, visit our FAQ page.
Amazon API Gateway features
Why Amazon API Gateway?
Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to publish, maintain, monitor, secure, and operate APIs at any scale. It's a pay-as-you-go service that takes care of all of the undifferentiated heavy lifting involved in securely and reliably running APIs at scale.
With the proliferation of mobile devices and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is increasingly common to make backend systems and data accessible to applications through APIs. Because so many applications use these APIs and communities of developers rely on them, an increasing amount of time and effort is spent on API development and API management. To make it easy for you to use these APIs, API Gateway can generate client SDKs for a number of languages, including JavaScript, iOS, and Android.
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