Learn AWS Serverless Computing

Hello world using the console

For this section, we'll create a new API and smoke-test it using GUI-based tools. This is the best way to introduce the required steps, and it's good to be able to see the feedback straightaway on the console.

Let's create a new RESTful API:

1. Create a new API with a regional endpoint type and give it a useful name. The API will be created but with no resources or methods—let's change that.
2. Make a new resource by clicking Actions | Create Resource. Don't worry too much about the resource name or path, we're not trying to create the most RESTful API in the world here.

The following screenshot shows where to find the Create Resource action:

Creating a new child resource for an API

3. Next, we need a new method, ...