FAQs On AWS API Gateway(GW)
1. AWS API Gateway Full Form
The full form of AWS API Gateway is Amazon Application Programming Interface Gateway.
2. AWS API Gateway Timeout
Following are the some reasons that you are getting this timeout error
- The backend service which is used to route the API request is to slow or unresponsive.
- The data which is being processed is large amount.
3. AWS API Gateway Limits
The main purpose of the limits is to protect the service and ensures reliable and high-performance experience for all users.Following are the some of the limits
- Request rate
- Concurrent connections
- API size
- Response size.
Amazon Web Service – Introduction to API Gateway
Firstly, API stands for Application Program Interface. An API Gateway is a management tool that acts as an interface between users and microservices. The Amazon API Gateway is an AWS service that allows users to create, publish, secure, maintain and monitor APIs at any scale. You can create APIs in your client application and can also make them available to third-party developers. It is serverless. It supports HTTP, WebSocket, and REST APIs. API Gateway is a type of server that provides the service of API which is used to customize each client.
The Netflix API Gateway is the most popular example of API Gateway. Many e‑commerce site uses an API gateway to provide the endpoint for retrieving the details of all products from mobile clients with only a single request. So, This invokes many different services like the proper information of product, and product reviews and then combines the results.