Creating an HTTPS Lambda Endpoint without API Gateway

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Python

This blog post will demonstrate how to create an HTTPS Lambda endpoint using Function URLs, Python and Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code tool. If you’d rather not use Terraform, Function URLs can be created directly via the AWS user interface (UI). You can follow the official AWS guide here. You can use any compatible programming language with AWS Lambda for this demonstration since the principles are the same. You can view the project's source code on Github.

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HTTPie

Test the public endpoint by either opening the URL in a browser or using an API testing tool such as httpie. The below example uses Terraform to retrieve the generated Function URL via terraform output and a GET request is submitted to the URL via httpie.

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AWS Identity and Access Management

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced Function URLs, a new in-built feature that allows you to invoke your functions through an HTTPS endpoint. By default, the endpoint is secure using AWS Identity Access Management (IAM) but you can allow public access with optional Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configurations and/or custom authorisation logic. Originally, if you wanted to invoke a Lambda function publicly via HTTPS you would need to set up and configure AWS API Gateway or AWS Elastic Load Balancing and pay additional fees once you exceeded their free tier. Fortunately, Function URLs don't incur an additional cost 🎉. I’d recommend you continue to use these services if you’re building a serverless REST API or require additional features such as request-response transformations. For small use-cases such as webhooks or determining the price of a cryptocurrency, Function URLs are more suited.

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AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced Function URLs, a new in-built feature that allows you to invoke your functions through an HTTPS endpoint. By default, the endpoint is secure using AWS Identity Access Management (IAM) but you can allow public access with optional Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configurations and/or custom authorisation logic. Originally, if you wanted to invoke a Lambda function publicly via HTTPS you would need to set up and configure AWS API Gateway or AWS Elastic Load Balancing and pay additional fees once you exceeded their free tier. Fortunately, Function URLs don't incur an additional cost 🎉. I’d recommend you continue to use these services if you’re building a serverless REST API or require additional features such as request-response transformations. For small use-cases such as webhooks or determining the price of a cryptocurrency, Function URLs are more suited.

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Amazon API Gateway

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced Function URLs, a new in-built feature that allows you to invoke your functions through an HTTPS endpoint. By default, the endpoint is secure using AWS Identity Access Management (IAM) but you can allow public access with optional Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configurations and/or custom authorisation logic. Originally, if you wanted to invoke a Lambda function publicly via HTTPS you would need to set up and configure AWS API Gateway or AWS Elastic Load Balancing and pay additional fees once you exceeded their free tier. Fortunately, Function URLs don't incur an additional cost 🎉. I’d recommend you continue to use these services if you’re building a serverless REST API or require additional features such as request-response transformations. For small use-cases such as webhooks or determining the price of a cryptocurrency, Function URLs are more suited.

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