API Gateway Integration Types

• Mock
  • returns a response without sending request to backend
• HTTP / AWS (lambda & AWS Services)
  • You must configure both integration request and integration response
  • Setup data mapping using mapping templates for the request and response
    • for AWS and HTTP integration
    • Can be used to modify request/ response
      • Rename/modify query string parameters
      • Modify body content
      • add headers
    • Uses Velocity Template Language (VTL): for loop, if, ...
    • Filter output results (remove unnecessary data)
    • Example: Client with SOAP API integration with API Gateway
      
• AWS_PROXY (Lamda Proxy)
  • input straight to lambda. the function is responsible for the logic of request, response
  • No mapping templates, headers, query string parameters
    • Those are passed as arguments
• HTTP_PROXY
  • No mapping template
  • HTTP request is passed directly to the backend
  • HTTP response from backend is forwarded by API Gateway