The next step in our quest to dive into cloud native applications is to take a tour into the AWS API gateway. As mentioned earlier, the AWS API gateway is a hosted service that allows developers to build flexible APIs for their applications. In this section, we will go through a practical introduction about the service and how it can be used.
Similar to the other services that we have covered so far, we will create an API gateway via the AWS console. The first step, as usual, would be to visit and log in to the AWS console at aws.amazon.com.
The second step would be to go to the home page, and then select API Gateway from under Application Services:
Next, we will need to select API from the left-hand side, then click on ...
