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Setting total number of requests that can be made on HTTP Api Gateway

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Hi, I wondering if there is any possibility to set maximum total number of requests that can be made on HTTP Api Gateway. In case of REST Api gateway we can use a Usage plan for this. Looking for similar solution.

In my case I need this to secure my endpoints from being called maliciously (spikes in traffic for which I need to pay) & . Not sure if setting only Burst and Rate limit will be enough to secure.

I just want set fix value - for example to set gateway to process at most 10 000 000 requests per month and then can stop working.

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ServerlessFront-End Web & MobileNetworking & Content Delivery
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Amazon API Gateway
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asked 2 years ago508 views

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You can't do that directly; but what you could do is use a custom authorizer which stores the number of calls from each client in a persistent manner (DynamoDB perhaps?) and then allows or disallows access based on the number of requests.

It's extra work to do; the alternative is to use the REST API Gateway service.

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answered 2 years ago

  • Uri Segev EXPERT
    2 years ago

    This will only work if you disable authorization caching, which will increase the cost as API GW will invoke the Lambda function for each request.

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