Set up an API using the API Gateway console

We recommend that you choose from the following tutorials to learn how to create a REST API Gateway using the REST API Gateway console.

To create a REST API that passes an event to a Lambda function, choose Getting started with the REST API console.

To create a REST API where you configure the integration request payload to a Lambda function, choose Tutorial: Build an API Gateway REST API with Lambda non-proxy integration.

To create a REST API that has an integration with an HTTP endpoint, choose Tutorial: Build a REST API with HTTP proxy integration.

To create a REST API that where you configure the integration request to an HTTP endpoint, choose Tutorial: Build a REST API with HTTP non-proxy integration.

To import an example API, choose Tutorial: Create a REST API by importing an example.

Alternatively, you can set up an API by using the API Gateway Import API feature to upload an external API definition, such as one expressed in OpenAPI 2.0 with the Working with API Gateway extensions to OpenAPI. The example provided in Tutorial: Create a REST API by importing an example uses the Import API feature.