API Gateway

Summary

A managed service that sits in front of your backend (often serverless functions) to handle routing, authentication, rate limiting, and request/response transformation for HTTP APIs.

How to Learn This

1Set up an API Gateway routing a request to a serverless function.
2Configure basic rate limiting or throttling on an API Gateway endpoint.
3Learn why API Gateway is the standard front door for a serverless application's APIs.

Functions as a Service (Lambda, Cloud Functions)

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