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AWS Certified Developer – Associate DVA-C02 · Domain 2: Security

API Gateway authorization: IAM (SigV4), Cognito user pool authorizers, Lambda authorizers, API keys and usage plans

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Amazon API Gateway can check who is calling before a request ever reaches your backend. Each method (or route, in HTTP APIs) chooses an authorization type, and the exam expects you to match the option to the kind of caller.

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