Week 6 Worklog

Week 6 Objectives:

  • Learn Amazon API Gateway: REST APIs, HTTP APIs, and WebSocket APIs.
  • Integrate API Gateway with Lambda to build serverless backends.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference Material
2- API Gateway types: REST, HTTP, WebSocket
- API Gateway stages, deployments, and throttling
20/05/202620/05/2026https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
3- Creating REST API with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE methods
- CORS configuration for API Gateway
21/05/202621/05/2026https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
4- Practice:
  + Create REST API backed by Lambda
  + Test endpoints with Postman
  + Enable API key authentication
22/05/202622/05/2026https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
5- AWS CDK/SDK basics for infrastructure as code
- CloudFormation stacks overview
23/05/202623/05/2026https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
6- Practice:
  + Deploy API + Lambda stack using AWS CDK
  + Review and test full serverless API flow
24/05/202624/05/2026https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 6 Achievements:

  • Successfully completed: API Gateway types: REST, HTTP, WebSocket

  • Successfully completed: API Gateway stages, deployments, and throttling

  • Successfully completed: Creating REST API with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE methods

  • Successfully completed: CORS configuration for API Gateway

  • Successfully completed: Create REST API backed by Lambda

  • Successfully completed: Test endpoints with Postman

  • Successfully completed: Enable API key authentication

  • Successfully completed: AWS CDK/SDK basics for infrastructure as code

  • Successfully completed: CloudFormation stacks overview

  • Successfully completed: Deploy API + Lambda stack using AWS CDK

  • Successfully completed: Review and test full serverless API flow