Setting up the API Gateway and integrating it with a Lambda proxy

Now that we know the Lambda function works with some API Gateway test data, and returns a header and body with a statusCode of 200, we just need to add the API Gateway that will invoke the Lambda function, as shown in the following diagram:

Perform the following steps:

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the API Gateway console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/.
2. Choose Get Started or, in the Amazon API Gateway navigation pane, choose APIs and choose Create API.
3. On the Create page, perform the following steps:
   1. In Choose Protocol, select REST
   2. In Create new API, select New API
   3. Under Settings, type metrics for API name
   4. Choose Regional for Endpoint Type
   5. Choose Create API
4. Choose Create Resource from the Actions drop-down menu.
5. In the New Child Resource window, perform the following steps...