The Complete Guide to Custom Authorizers with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
Read OriginalThis technical guide explains AWS API Gateway custom authorizers, which are Lambda functions that handle authentication and authorization before your main function executes. It covers the benefits like centralized auth logic and response caching, the downsides such as added latency, different authorizer types, response patterns, and caching strategies for serverless REST APIs.
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