# LambdaRequestAuthorizationIdentity
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This property can be used to specify an IdentitySource in an incoming request for an authorizer. For more information about IdentitySource see the [ApiGateway Authorizer OpenApi extension](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/api-gateway-swagger-extensions-authorizer.html).

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) template, use the following syntax.

### YAML
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```
  [Context](#sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-context): List
  [Headers](#sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-headers): List
  [QueryStrings](#sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-querystrings): List
  [ReauthorizeEvery](#sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-reauthorizeevery): Integer
  [StageVariables](#sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-stagevariables): List
```

## Properties
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 `Context`   <a name="sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-context"></a>
Converts the given context strings to the mapping expressions of format `context.contextString`.  
*Type*: List  
*Required*: No  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

 `Headers`   <a name="sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-headers"></a>
Converts the headers to comma-separated string of mapping expressions of format `method.request.header.name`.  
*Type*: List  
*Required*: No  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

 `QueryStrings`   <a name="sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-querystrings"></a>
Converts the given query strings to comma-separated string of mapping expressions of format `method.request.querystring.queryString`.  
*Type*: List  
*Required*: No  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

 `ReauthorizeEvery`   <a name="sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-reauthorizeevery"></a>
The time-to-live (TTL) period, in seconds, that specifies how long API Gateway caches authorizer results. If you specify a value greater than 0, API Gateway caches the authorizer responses. By default, API Gateway sets this property to 300. The maximum value is 3600, or 1 hour.  
*Type*: Integer  
*Required*: No  
*Default*: 300  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

 `StageVariables`   <a name="sam-api-lambdarequestauthorizationidentity-stagevariables"></a>
Converts the given stage variables to comma-separated string of mapping expressions of format `stageVariables.stageVariable`.  
*Type*: List  
*Required*: No  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

## Examples
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### LambdaRequestIdentity
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#### YAML
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```
Identity:
  QueryStrings:
    - auth
  Headers:
    - Authorization
  StageVariables:
    - VARIABLE
  Context:
    - authcontext
  ReauthorizeEvery: 100
```