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Create a REST API with Lambda proxy integration - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Create a REST API with Lambda proxy integration

The following code example shows how to:

  • Create an IAM role for Lambda execution

  • Create and deploy a Lambda function

  • Create a REST API

  • Configure Lambda proxy integration

  • Deploy and test the API

  • Clean up resources

Bash
AWS CLI with Bash script
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Sample developer tutorials repository.

#!/bin/bash # Simple API Gateway Lambda Integration Script # This script creates a REST API with Lambda proxy integration # Generate random identifiers FUNCTION_NAME="GetStartedLambdaProxyIntegration-$(openssl rand -hex 4)" ROLE_NAME="GetStartedLambdaBasicExecutionRole-$(openssl rand -hex 4)" API_NAME="LambdaProxyAPI-$(openssl rand -hex 4)" # Get AWS account info ACCOUNT_ID=$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text) REGION=$(aws configure get region || echo "us-east-1") echo "Creating Lambda function code..." # Create Lambda function code cat > lambda_function.py << 'EOF' import json def lambda_handler(event, context): print(event) greeter = 'World' try: if (event['queryStringParameters']) and (event['queryStringParameters']['greeter']) and ( event['queryStringParameters']['greeter'] is not None): greeter = event['queryStringParameters']['greeter'] except KeyError: print('No greeter') try: if (event['multiValueHeaders']) and (event['multiValueHeaders']['greeter']) and ( event['multiValueHeaders']['greeter'] is not None): greeter = " and ".join(event['multiValueHeaders']['greeter']) except KeyError: print('No greeter') try: if (event['headers']) and (event['headers']['greeter']) and ( event['headers']['greeter'] is not None): greeter = event['headers']['greeter'] except KeyError: print('No greeter') if (event['body']) and (event['body'] is not None): body = json.loads(event['body']) try: if (body['greeter']) and (body['greeter'] is not None): greeter = body['greeter'] except KeyError: print('No greeter') res = { "statusCode": 200, "headers": { "Content-Type": "*/*" }, "body": "Hello, " + greeter + "!" } return res EOF # Create deployment package zip function.zip lambda_function.py echo "Creating IAM role..." # Create IAM trust policy cat > trust-policy.json << 'EOF' { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com" }, "Action": "sts:AssumeRole" } ] } EOF # Create IAM role aws iam create-role \ --role-name "$ROLE_NAME" \ --assume-role-policy-document file://trust-policy.json # Attach execution policy aws iam attach-role-policy \ --role-name "$ROLE_NAME" \ --policy-arn "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole" # Wait for role propagation sleep 15 echo "Creating Lambda function..." # Create Lambda function aws lambda create-function \ --function-name "$FUNCTION_NAME" \ --runtime python3.9 \ --role "arn:aws:iam::$ACCOUNT_ID:role/$ROLE_NAME" \ --handler lambda_function.lambda_handler \ --zip-file fileb://function.zip echo "Creating API Gateway..." # Create REST API aws apigateway create-rest-api \ --name "$API_NAME" \ --endpoint-configuration types=REGIONAL # Get API ID API_ID=$(aws apigateway get-rest-apis --query "items[?name=='$API_NAME'].id" --output text) # Get root resource ID ROOT_RESOURCE_ID=$(aws apigateway get-resources --rest-api-id "$API_ID" --query 'items[?path==`/`].id' --output text) # Create helloworld resource aws apigateway create-resource \ --rest-api-id "$API_ID" \ --parent-id "$ROOT_RESOURCE_ID" \ --path-part helloworld # Get resource ID RESOURCE_ID=$(aws apigateway get-resources --rest-api-id "$API_ID" --query "items[?pathPart=='helloworld'].id" --output text) # Create ANY method aws apigateway put-method \ --rest-api-id "$API_ID" \ --resource-id "$RESOURCE_ID" \ --http-method ANY \ --authorization-type NONE # Set up Lambda proxy integration LAMBDA_URI="arn:aws:apigateway:$REGION:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:$REGION:$ACCOUNT_ID:function:$FUNCTION_NAME/invocations" aws apigateway put-integration \ --rest-api-id "$API_ID" \ --resource-id "$RESOURCE_ID" \ --http-method ANY \ --type AWS_PROXY \ --integration-http-method POST \ --uri "$LAMBDA_URI" # Grant API Gateway permission to invoke Lambda SOURCE_ARN="arn:aws:execute-api:$REGION:$ACCOUNT_ID:$API_ID/*/*" aws lambda add-permission \ --function-name "$FUNCTION_NAME" \ --statement-id "apigateway-invoke-$(openssl rand -hex 4)" \ --action lambda:InvokeFunction \ --principal apigateway.amazonaws.com \ --source-arn "$SOURCE_ARN" # Deploy API aws apigateway create-deployment \ --rest-api-id "$API_ID" \ --stage-name test echo "Testing API..." # Test the API INVOKE_URL="https://$API_ID.execute-api.$REGION.amazonaws.com/test/helloworld" echo "API URL: $INVOKE_URL" # Test with query parameter echo "Testing with query parameter:" curl -X GET "$INVOKE_URL?greeter=John" echo "" # Test with header echo "Testing with header:" curl -X GET "$INVOKE_URL" \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -H 'greeter: John' echo "" # Test with body echo "Testing with POST body:" curl -X POST "$INVOKE_URL" \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{ "greeter": "John" }' echo "" echo "Tutorial completed! API is available at: $INVOKE_URL" # Cleanup echo "Cleaning up resources..." # Delete API aws apigateway delete-rest-api --rest-api-id "$API_ID" # Delete Lambda function aws lambda delete-function --function-name "$FUNCTION_NAME" # Detach policy and delete role aws iam detach-role-policy \ --role-name "$ROLE_NAME" \ --policy-arn "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole" aws iam delete-role --role-name "$ROLE_NAME" # Clean up local files rm -f lambda_function.py function.zip trust-policy.json echo "Cleanup completed!"