Why choose AWS for hosting APIs?

AWS offers global infrastructure, high availability, automated scaling, and a wide range of integrated services, making it a popular choice for secure and robust API hosting.

Which AWS services are commonly paired for API solutions?

Amazon API Gateway integrates well with AWS Lambda for serverless compute, Amazon S3 for static hosting, and Amazon DynamoDB or RDS for data storage.

How can I monitor and optimize my API on AWS?

Use Amazon CloudWatch for metrics, AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing, and AWS WAF or Shield for security. You can also analyze logs in Amazon S3 or CloudWatch Logs.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Articles and Best Practices

A collection of Amazon Web Services (AWS) articles, including best practices, guides, and tutorials. Stay updated with the latest in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Auth Pricing Wars: Cognito vs Auth0 vs Firebase vs Supabase

Choosing an affordable but robust authentication service is not easy - especially since Amazon Cognito recently raised their prices. Compare AWS Cognito, Auth0, Firebase authentication, Supabase authentication, and Clerk.

Adrian Machado

11/27/2024

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A better AWS API Gateway?

Zuplo is the best way to build an API over AWS Lambda. Zuplo is faster and has a better developer experience than AWS API Gateway.

Josh Twist

3/30/2022

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Custom policies in code, archiving requests to S3 for replay later

Learn how easily archive every API request to AWS's S3 storage. Archive your API requests to replay them later.

Josh Twist

3/22/2022

Frequently Asked Questions

AWS provides services like API Gateway, Lambda, EC2, and RDS for scalable serverless or server-based API deployments. AWS IAM manages authentication and access control.