June2018-ApiGateway

In this challenge we're going to learn how to setup an API Gateway, AWS Lambda function, and a datasource to presist data from an existing RESTful application.

https://skittleson.github.io/ToDoApp/

Pre-requisites

The following tools and accounts are required to complete these instructions.

• Complete Step 1 of the AWS Lambda Getting Started Guide
  • Setup an AWS account
  • Setup the AWS CLI
• Both NodeJS and .NET Core 2+ is required
  • https://nodejs.org/en/
  • https://www.microsoft.com/net/learn/get-started/windows

Level 0 - Setup

• Pick a data source (RDS MySql or DynamoDB). Start an instance! Allocating can take time.
  • RDS MySql helper scripts
  • DynamoDB

Level 1 - Lambda function to choosen data source

• Create a lambda function that will create a to do item

Level 2 - Configure the API Gateway

• Create an API Gateway
• Map api gateway resource to the new lambda function
• Configure the ToDo app. Hint: Use developer tools in Chrome to show the request/response in the network tab.
• CORS

Level 3 - Delete & Update To Do Item

• Add support for deleting a to do list item and marking it complete. Hint: Create a new lambda functions per task.
• Map api gateway resource to each lambda function

Level 4 -

• Setup Static hosting
• api gateway security
• Setup per user authentication for application.

Boss

YTB