Install Serverless

Install serverless by running the below command

npm i -g serverless

Check the version of serverless

serverless -v

 

Build an API Gateway REST API with Lambda Integration

Pre-requisite: AWS

Amazon Web Services is a leading cloud provider which provides us with plenty of Paas, and Iaas, and services that we can use to build and deploy our applications. we going to build and Deploy a REST API with API Gateway which is integrated with AWS Lambda and expose GET and POST methods, here we going to use an open-source framework Serverless for deploying our API.

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Deploy Our REST API

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API Gateway Resources...

Test our API

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Conclusion

In this blog, we learned how to create a REST API with a Lambda function integration. In addition, the Serverless framework simplifies the deployment process and enables developers to focus on writing code. The API Gateway-Lambda integration can be used to build various types of applications, from serverless applications to microservices. By leveraging this powerful tool, developers can build scalable and efficient APIs on AWS....