What is Amazon API Gateway?
AWS offers the Amazon API Gateway supports the creation and publication of an API for web applications, as well as its monitoring and maintenance. The Amazon API Gateway is able to support thousands of API calls concurrently and provides traffic management, as well as monitoring and access control.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
API versioning
There are mechanisms to roll out new versions of the API and the ability to migrate applications to new versions.
Category average: 8.1
API usage data
Analysis of traffic patterns to track how API is being used
Category average: 8.3
API user onboarding
Systems to allow users to sign up, receive access credentials and be assigned usage rights
Category average: 8.3
Areas for Improvement
API monitoring and logging
Regular test cycles to check that APIs are operating as expected and log analysis providing deeper analysis on system usage
Category average: 8.1
Rate limits and usage policies
Usage quotas to restrict traffic volumes to keep traffic loads manageable
Category average: 7.7
API access control
Authentication and authorization systems to ensure that users of the API have permission
Category average: 8.3