Create a websocket chat application with API Gateway
The following code example shows how to create a chat application that is served by a websocket API built on Amazon API Gateway.
- Python
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- SDK for Python (Boto3)
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Shows how to use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) with Amazon API Gateway V2 to
create a websocket API that integrates with AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB.
Create a websocket API served by API Gateway.
Define a Lambda handler that stores connections in DynamoDB and posts messages to
other chat participants.
Connect to the websocket chat application and send messages with the Websockets
package.
For complete source code and instructions on how to set up and run, see the full example on
GitHub.
Services used in this example
API Gateway
DynamoDB
Lambda
For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see
Using DynamoDB with an AWS SDK.
This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.