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Using multiple segments in Amazon API Gateway base path mapping

Amazon API Gateway recently enhanced base path mapping for custom domains by introducing multi-level base path mapping. Before multi-level base path mapping, paths could not contain a forward slash (/) in a base path. This restriction meant that base paths could only consist of a single word (for example, sales) or a concatenation of several […]

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Handling binary data using Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs

This post is written by Rudolf Potucek, Startup Solutions Architect. Amazon API Gateway REST APIs have supported binary data since 2016. API Gateway HTTP APIs makes it easier to work with both binary and text media types. It supports a new payload format version and infers encoding based on request and response formats. In this […]

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Operating Lambda: Using CloudWatch Logs Insights

CloudWatch Logs Insights allows you to search and analyze log data to find the causes of issues and help validate fixes when they are deployed. This post shows how to enable the feature for a Lambda function and search across logs. It explains why structured logging can be helpful for parsing data in analysis.

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Operating Lambda: Debugging configurations – Part 3

This post explains common integration errors in Lambda-based applications. These include running an unintended version or alias of a function, triggering infinite loops unintentionally, and issues with downstream availability. In each case, I explain steps you can take to remediate the issue.

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Using System Manager Parameter as an alias for AMI ID

This post was authored by Brian Terry, Senior Partner Solutions Architect, Cloud Management Tools Technical Lead. In this post, I demonstrate how you can use AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store’s, native parameter support for Amazon Machine Image (AMI) IDs while launching Amazon EC2 instances. This removes the need to update all your scripts and templates […]

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