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Use PutMethodResponse with an AWS SDK or CLI

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Use PutMethodResponse with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

The following code examples show how to use PutMethodResponse.

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CLI
AWS CLI

To create a method response under the specified status code with a custom method response header

Command:

aws apigateway put-method-response --rest-api-id 1234123412 --resource-id a1b2c3 --http-method GET --status-code 400 --response-parameters "method.response.header.custom-header=false"
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_integration_method( self, resource_id, rest_method, service_endpoint_prefix, service_action, service_method, role_arn, mapping_template, ): """ Adds an integration method to a REST API. An integration method is a REST resource, such as '/users', and an HTTP verb, such as GET. The integration method is backed by an AWS service, such as Amazon DynamoDB. :param resource_id: The ID of the REST resource. :param rest_method: The HTTP verb used with the REST resource. :param service_endpoint_prefix: The service endpoint that is integrated with this method, such as 'dynamodb'. :param service_action: The action that is called on the service, such as 'GetItem'. :param service_method: The HTTP method of the service request, such as POST. :param role_arn: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of a role that grants API Gateway permission to use the specified action with the service. :param mapping_template: A mapping template that is used to translate REST elements, such as query parameters, to the request body format required by the service. """ service_uri = ( f"arn:aws:apigateway:{self.apig_client.meta.region_name}" f":{service_endpoint_prefix}:action/{service_action}" ) try: self.apig_client.put_method( restApiId=self.api_id, resourceId=resource_id, httpMethod=rest_method, authorizationType="NONE", ) self.apig_client.put_method_response( restApiId=self.api_id, resourceId=resource_id, httpMethod=rest_method, statusCode="200", responseModels={"application/json": "Empty"}, ) logger.info("Created %s method for resource %s.", rest_method, resource_id) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't create %s method for resource %s.", rest_method, resource_id ) raise try: self.apig_client.put_integration( restApiId=self.api_id, resourceId=resource_id, httpMethod=rest_method, type="AWS", integrationHttpMethod=service_method, credentials=role_arn, requestTemplates={"application/json": json.dumps(mapping_template)}, uri=service_uri, passthroughBehavior="WHEN_NO_TEMPLATES", ) self.apig_client.put_integration_response( restApiId=self.api_id, resourceId=resource_id, httpMethod=rest_method, statusCode="200", responseTemplates={"application/json": ""}, ) logger.info( "Created integration for resource %s to service URI %s.", resource_id, service_uri, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't create integration for resource %s to service URI %s.", resource_id, service_uri, ) raise
  • For API details, see PutMethodResponse in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

AWS CLI

To create a method response under the specified status code with a custom method response header

Command:

aws apigateway put-method-response --rest-api-id 1234123412 --resource-id a1b2c3 --http-method GET --status-code 400 --response-parameters "method.response.header.custom-header=false"
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