class RestApi (construct)

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.APIGateway.RestApi
Go	github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2/awsapigateway#RestApi
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.apigateway.RestApi
Python	aws_cdk.aws_apigateway.RestApi
TypeScript (source)	aws-cdk-lib » aws_apigateway » RestApi

Implements IConstruct, IDependable, IResource, IRestApi

Represents a REST API in Amazon API Gateway.

Use addResource and addMethod to configure the API model.

By default, the API will automatically be deployed and accessible from a public endpoint.

Example

   const stateMachine = new stepfunctions.StateMachine(this, 'MyStateMachine', {
      stateMachineType: stepfunctions.StateMachineType.EXPRESS,
      definition: stepfunctions.Chain.start(new stepfunctions.Pass(this, 'Pass')),
   });

   const api = new apigateway.RestApi(this, 'Api', {
      restApiName: 'MyApi',
   });
   api.root.addMethod('GET', apigateway.StepFunctionsIntegration.startExecution(stateMachine));

Initializer

new RestApi(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: RestApiProps)

Parameters

• scope Construct
• id string
• props RestApiProps

Construct Props

Name	Type	Description
apiKeySourceType?	ApiKeySourceType	The source of the API key for metering requests according to a usage plan.
binaryMediaTypes?	string[]	The list of binary media mime-types that are supported by the RestApi resource, such as "image/png" or "application/octet-stream".
cloneFrom?	IRestApi	The ID of the API Gateway RestApi resource that you want to clone.
cloudWatchRole?	boolean	Automatically configure an AWS CloudWatch role for API Gateway.
cloudWatchRoleRemovalPolicy?	RemovalPolicy	The removal policy applied to the AWS CloudWatch role when this resource is removed from the application.
defaultCorsPreflightOptions?	CorsOptions	Adds a CORS preflight OPTIONS method to this resource and all child resources.
defaultIntegration?	Integration	An integration to use as a default for all methods created within this API unless an integration is specified.
defaultMethodOptions?	MethodOptions	Method options to use as a default for all methods created within this API unless custom options are specified.
deploy?	boolean	Indicates if a Deployment should be automatically created for this API, and recreated when the API model (resources, methods) changes.
deployOptions?	StageOptions	Options for the API Gateway stage that will always point to the latest deployment when deploy is enabled.
description?	string	A description of the RestApi construct.
disableExecuteApiEndpoint?	boolean	Specifies whether clients can invoke the API using the default execute-api endpoint.
domainName?	DomainNameOptions	Configure a custom domain name and map it to this API.
endpointConfiguration?	EndpointConfiguration	The EndpointConfiguration property type specifies the endpoint types of a REST API.
endpointExportName?	string	Export name for the CfnOutput containing the API endpoint.
endpointTypes?	EndpointType[]	A list of the endpoint types of the API.
failOnWarnings?	boolean	Indicates whether to roll back the resource if a warning occurs while API Gateway is creating the RestApi resource.
minCompressionSize?	Size	A Size(in bytes, kibibytes, mebibytes etc) that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (when undefined) on an API.
minimumCompressionSize?⚠️	number	A nullable integer that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (when undefined) on an API.
parameters?	{ [string]: string }	Custom header parameters for the request.
policy?	PolicyDocument	A policy document that contains the permissions for this RestApi.
restApiName?	string	A name for the API Gateway RestApi resource.
retainDeployments?	boolean	Retains old deployment resources when the API changes.

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apiKeySourceType?

Type: ApiKeySourceType (optional, default: Metering is disabled.)

The source of the API key for metering requests according to a usage plan.

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binaryMediaTypes?

Type: string[] (optional, default: RestApi supports only UTF-8-encoded text payloads.)

The list of binary media mime-types that are supported by the RestApi resource, such as "image/png" or "application/octet-stream".

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cloneFrom?

Type: IRestApi (optional, default: None.)

The ID of the API Gateway RestApi resource that you want to clone.

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cloudWatchRole?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false if @aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:disableCloudWatchRole is enabled, true otherwise)

Automatically configure an AWS CloudWatch role for API Gateway.

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cloudWatchRoleRemovalPolicy?

Type: RemovalPolicy (optional, default: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN)

The removal policy applied to the AWS CloudWatch role when this resource is removed from the application.

Requires cloudWatchRole to be enabled.

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defaultCorsPreflightOptions?

Type: CorsOptions (optional, default: CORS is disabled)

Adds a CORS preflight OPTIONS method to this resource and all child resources.

You can add CORS at the resource-level using addCorsPreflight.

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defaultIntegration?

Type: Integration (optional, default: Inherited from parent.)

An integration to use as a default for all methods created within this API unless an integration is specified.

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defaultMethodOptions?

Type: MethodOptions (optional, default: Inherited from parent.)

Method options to use as a default for all methods created within this API unless custom options are specified.

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deploy?

Type: boolean (optional, default: true)

Indicates if a Deployment should be automatically created for this API, and recreated when the API model (resources, methods) changes.

Since API Gateway deployments are immutable, When this option is enabled (by default), an AWS::ApiGateway::Deployment resource will automatically created with a logical ID that hashes the API model (methods, resources and options). This means that when the model changes, the logical ID of this CloudFormation resource will change, and a new deployment will be created.

If this is set, latestDeployment will refer to the Deployment object and deploymentStage will refer to a Stage that points to this deployment. To customize the stage options, use the deployOptions property.

A CloudFormation Output will also be defined with the root URL endpoint of this REST API.

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deployOptions?

Type: StageOptions (optional, default: Based on defaults of StageOptions.)

Options for the API Gateway stage that will always point to the latest deployment when deploy is enabled.

If deploy is disabled, this value cannot be set.

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description?

Type: string (optional, default: 'Automatically created by the RestApi construct')

A description of the RestApi construct.

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disableExecuteApiEndpoint?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Specifies whether clients can invoke the API using the default execute-api endpoint.

To require that clients use a custom domain name to invoke the API, disable the default endpoint.

See also: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigateway-restapi.html

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domainName?

Type: DomainNameOptions (optional, default: no domain name is defined, use addDomainName or directly define a DomainName.)

Configure a custom domain name and map it to this API.

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endpointConfiguration?

Type: EndpointConfiguration (optional, default: EndpointType.EDGE)

The EndpointConfiguration property type specifies the endpoint types of a REST API.

See also: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-apigateway-restapi-endpointconfiguration.html

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endpointExportName?

Type: string (optional, default: when no export name is given, output will be created without export)

Export name for the CfnOutput containing the API endpoint.

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endpointTypes?

Type: EndpointType[] (optional, default: EndpointType.EDGE)

A list of the endpoint types of the API.

Use this property when creating an API.

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failOnWarnings?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Indicates whether to roll back the resource if a warning occurs while API Gateway is creating the RestApi resource.

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minCompressionSize?

Type: Size (optional, default: Compression is disabled.)

A Size(in bytes, kibibytes, mebibytes etc) that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (when undefined) on an API.

When compression is enabled, compression or decompression is not applied on the payload if the payload size is smaller than this value. Setting it to zero allows compression for any payload size.

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minimumCompressionSize?⚠️

⚠️ Deprecated: - superseded by minCompressionSize

Type: number (optional, default: Compression is disabled.)

A nullable integer that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (when undefined) on an API.

When compression is enabled, compression or decompression is not applied on the payload if the payload size is smaller than this value. Setting it to zero allows compression for any payload size.

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parameters?

Type: { [string]: string } (optional, default: No parameters.)

Custom header parameters for the request.

See also: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/apigateway/import-rest-api.html

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policy?

Type: PolicyDocument (optional, default: No policy.)

A policy document that contains the permissions for this RestApi.

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restApiName?

Type: string (optional, default: ID of the RestApi construct.)

A name for the API Gateway RestApi resource.

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retainDeployments?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Retains old deployment resources when the API changes.

This allows manually reverting stages to point to old deployments via the AWS Console.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
deploymentStage	Stage	API Gateway stage that points to the latest deployment (if defined).
env	ResourceEnvironment	The environment this resource belongs to.
methods	Method[]	The list of methods bound to this RestApi.
node	Node	The tree node.
restApiId	string	The ID of this API Gateway RestApi.
restApiName	string	A human friendly name for this Rest API.
restApiRootResourceId	string	The resource ID of the root resource.
root	IResource	Represents the root resource of this API endpoint ('/').
stack	Stack	The stack in which this resource is defined.
url	string	The deployed root URL of this REST API.
domainName?	DomainName	The first domain name mapped to this API, if defined through the domainName configuration prop, or added via addDomainName.
latestDeployment?	Deployment	API Gateway deployment that represents the latest changes of the API.

---

deploymentStage

Type: Stage

API Gateway stage that points to the latest deployment (if defined).

If deploy is disabled, you will need to explicitly assign this value in order to set up integrations.

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env

Type: ResourceEnvironment

The environment this resource belongs to.

For resources that are created and managed by the CDK (generally, those created by creating new class instances like Role, Bucket, etc.), this is always the same as the environment of the stack they belong to; however, for imported resources (those obtained from static methods like fromRoleArn, fromBucketName, etc.), that might be different than the stack they were imported into.

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methods

Type: Method[]

The list of methods bound to this RestApi.

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node

Type: Node

The tree node.

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restApiId

Type: string

The ID of this API Gateway RestApi.

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restApiName

Type: string

A human friendly name for this Rest API.

Note that this is different from restApiId.

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restApiRootResourceId

Type: string

The resource ID of the root resource.

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root

Type: IResource

Represents the root resource of this API endpoint ('/').

Resources and Methods are added to this resource.

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stack

Type: Stack

The stack in which this resource is defined.

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url

Type: string

The deployed root URL of this REST API.

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domainName?

Type: DomainName (optional)

The first domain name mapped to this API, if defined through the domainName configuration prop, or added via addDomainName.

---

latestDeployment?

Type: Deployment (optional)

API Gateway deployment that represents the latest changes of the API.

This resource will be automatically updated every time the REST API model changes. This will be undefined if deploy is false.

Methods

Name	Description
addApiKey(id, options?)	Add an ApiKey to the deploymentStage.
addDomainName(id, options)	Defines an API Gateway domain name and maps it to this API.
addGatewayResponse(id, options)	Adds a new gateway response.
addModel(id, props)	Adds a new model.
addRequestValidator(id, props)	Adds a new request validator.
addUsagePlan(id, props?)	Adds a usage plan.
applyRemovalPolicy(policy)	Apply the given removal policy to this resource.
arnForExecuteApi(method?, path?, stage?)	Gets the "execute-api" ARN.
metric(metricName, props?)	Returns the given named metric for this API.
metricCacheHitCount(props?)	Metric for the number of requests served from the API cache in a given period.
metricCacheMissCount(props?)	Metric for the number of requests served from the backend in a given period, when API caching is enabled.
metricClientError(props?)	Metric for the number of client-side errors captured in a given period.
metricCount(props?)	Metric for the total number API requests in a given period.
metricIntegrationLatency(props?)	Metric for the time between when API Gateway relays a request to the backend and when it receives a response from the backend.
metricLatency(props?)	The time between when API Gateway receives a request from a client and when it returns a response to the client.
metricServerError(props?)	Metric for the number of server-side errors captured in a given period.
toString()	Returns a string representation of this construct.
urlForPath(path?)	Returns the URL for an HTTP path.
static fromRestApiAttributes(scope, id, attrs)	Import an existing RestApi that can be configured with additional Methods and Resources.
static fromRestApiId(scope, id, restApiId)	Import an existing RestApi.
static isRestApi(x)	Return whether the given object is a RestApi.

---

addApiKey(id, options?)

public addApiKey(id: string, options?: ApiKeyOptions): IApiKey

Parameters

• id string
• options ApiKeyOptions

Returns

• IApiKey

Add an ApiKey to the deploymentStage.

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addDomainName(id, options)

public addDomainName(id: string, options: DomainNameOptions): DomainName

Parameters

• id string — The construct id.
• options DomainNameOptions — custom domain options.

Returns

• DomainName

Defines an API Gateway domain name and maps it to this API.

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addGatewayResponse(id, options)

public addGatewayResponse(id: string, options: GatewayResponseOptions): GatewayResponse

Parameters

• id string
• options GatewayResponseOptions

Returns

• GatewayResponse

Adds a new gateway response.

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addModel(id, props)

public addModel(id: string, props: ModelOptions): Model

Parameters

• id string
• props ModelOptions

Returns

• Model

Adds a new model.

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addRequestValidator(id, props)

public addRequestValidator(id: string, props: RequestValidatorOptions): RequestValidator

Parameters

• id string
• props RequestValidatorOptions

Returns

• RequestValidator

Adds a new request validator.

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addUsagePlan(id, props?)

public addUsagePlan(id: string, props?: UsagePlanProps): UsagePlan

Parameters

• id string
• props UsagePlanProps

Returns

• UsagePlan

Adds a usage plan.

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applyRemovalPolicy(policy)

public applyRemovalPolicy(policy: RemovalPolicy): void

Parameters

• policy RemovalPolicy

Apply the given removal policy to this resource.

The Removal Policy controls what happens to this resource when it stops being managed by CloudFormation, either because you've removed it from the CDK application or because you've made a change that requires the resource to be replaced.

The resource can be deleted (RemovalPolicy.DESTROY), or left in your AWS account for data recovery and cleanup later (RemovalPolicy.RETAIN).

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arnForExecuteApi(method?, path?, stage?)

public arnForExecuteApi(method?: string, path?: string, stage?: string): string

Parameters

• method string
• path string
• stage string

Returns

• string

Gets the "execute-api" ARN.

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metric(metricName, props?)

public metric(metricName: string, props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• metricName string
• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Returns the given named metric for this API.

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metricCacheHitCount(props?)

public metricCacheHitCount(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the number of requests served from the API cache in a given period.

Default: sum over 5 minutes

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metricCacheMissCount(props?)

public metricCacheMissCount(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the number of requests served from the backend in a given period, when API caching is enabled.

Default: sum over 5 minutes

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metricClientError(props?)

public metricClientError(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the number of client-side errors captured in a given period.

Default: sum over 5 minutes

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metricCount(props?)

public metricCount(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the total number API requests in a given period.

Default: sample count over 5 minutes

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metricIntegrationLatency(props?)

public metricIntegrationLatency(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the time between when API Gateway relays a request to the backend and when it receives a response from the backend.

Default: average over 5 minutes.

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metricLatency(props?)

public metricLatency(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

The time between when API Gateway receives a request from a client and when it returns a response to the client.

The latency includes the integration latency and other API Gateway overhead.

Default: average over 5 minutes.

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metricServerError(props?)

public metricServerError(props?: MetricOptions): Metric

Parameters

• props MetricOptions

Returns

• Metric

Metric for the number of server-side errors captured in a given period.

Default: sum over 5 minutes

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toString()

public toString(): string

Returns

• string

Returns a string representation of this construct.

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urlForPath(path?)

public urlForPath(path?: string): string

Parameters

• path string

Returns

• string

Returns the URL for an HTTP path.

Fails if deploymentStage is not set either by deploy or explicitly.

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static fromRestApiAttributes(scope, id, attrs)

public static fromRestApiAttributes(scope: Construct, id: string, attrs: RestApiAttributes): IRestApi

Parameters

• scope Construct
• id string
• attrs RestApiAttributes

Returns

• IRestApi

Import an existing RestApi that can be configured with additional Methods and Resources.

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static fromRestApiId(scope, id, restApiId)

public static fromRestApiId(scope: Construct, id: string, restApiId: string): IRestApi

Parameters

• scope Construct
• id string
• restApiId string

Returns

• IRestApi

Import an existing RestApi.

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static isRestApi(x)

public static isRestApi(x: any): boolean

Parameters

• x any

Returns

• boolean

Return whether the given object is a RestApi.