# Import a Regional API into API Gateway
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When importing an API, you can choose the regional endpoint configuration for the API. You can use the API Gateway console, the AWS CLI, or an AWS SDK.

When you export an API, the API endpoint configuration is not included in the exported API definitions.

For a tutorial on using the Import API feature from the API Gateway console, see [Tutorial: Create a REST API by importing an example](api-gateway-create-api-from-example.md).

**Topics**
+ [Import a regional API using the API Gateway console](#import-regional-api-with-console)
+ [Import a regional API using the AWS CLI](#import-regional-api-with-awscli)

## Import a regional API using the API Gateway console
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To import an API of a regional endpoint using the API Gateway console, do the following:

1. Sign in to the API Gateway console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/apigateway](https://console.aws.amazon.com/apigateway).

1. Choose **Create API**.

1. Under **REST API**, choose **Import**.

1.  Copy an API's OpenAPI definition and paste it into the code editor, or choose **Choose file** to load an OpenAPI file from a local drive.

1. For **API endpoint type**, select **Regional**.

1.  Choose **Create API** to start importing the OpenAPI definitions.

## Import a regional API using the AWS CLI
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The following [import-rest-api](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/apigateway/import-rest-api.html) command imports an OpenAPI definition file and sets the endpoint type to Regional:

```
aws apigateway import-rest-api \
    --parameters endpointConfigurationTypes=REGIONAL \
    --fail-on-warnings \
    --body 'file://path/to/API_OpenAPI_template.json'
```

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon API Gateway. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query apigateway` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).