Set up API keys using the API Gateway REST API

To set up API keys, do the following:

Before setting up API keys, you must have created an API and deployed it to a stage. After you create an API key value, it cannot be changed.

For the REST API calls to create and deploy an API, see restapi:create and deployment:create, respectively.

Require an API key on a method

To require an API key on a method, do one of the following:

Create or import API keys

To create or import an API key, do one of the following:

You cannot change the value of the new API key. To learn how to configure a usage plan, see Create, configure, and test usage plans using the API Gateway CLI and REST API.