Use CreateResource with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CreateResource.

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• Create and deploy a REST API

CLI

AWS CLI

To create a resource in an API

Command:

aws apigateway create-resource --rest-api-id 1234123412 --parent-id a1b2c3 --path-part 'new-resource'

• For API details, see CreateResource in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Python

SDK for Python (Boto3)

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

class ApiGatewayToService:
    """
    Encapsulates Amazon API Gateway functions that are used to create a REST API that
    integrates with another AWS service.
    """

    def __init__(self, apig_client):
        """
        :param apig_client: A Boto3 API Gateway client.
        """
        self.apig_client = apig_client
        self.api_id = None
        self.root_id = None
        self.stage = None


    def add_rest_resource(self, parent_id, resource_path):
        """
        Adds a resource to a REST API.

        :param parent_id: The ID of the parent resource.
        :param resource_path: The path of the new resource, relative to the parent.
        :return: The ID of the new resource.
        """
        try:
            result = self.apig_client.create_resource(
                restApiId=self.api_id, parentId=parent_id, pathPart=resource_path
            )
            resource_id = result["id"]
            logger.info("Created resource %s.", resource_path)
        except ClientError:
            logger.exception("Couldn't create resource %s.", resource_path)
            raise
        else:
            return resource_id

• For API details, see CreateResource in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.