How to access HTTP headers for request to AWS API Gateway using Lambda?

Question

I see in the API Gateway FAQ that it is possible to access the request headers sent to the API Gateway...

If you already utilize OAuth tokens or any o

Answer 1

You can use the following Mapping Template in the Integration Request to generically map all path, query, and header parameters into the Lambda event. You will still need to register them in the Method Request section of the API Gateway but you can at least decouple the Mapping Template from the specific parameters you want to use. This way you don't have to change the Mapping Template code each time you change headers, query, or path parameters.

I wrote a blog post that gives more detail and some explanation of the Mapping Template: http://kennbrodhagen.net/2015/12/06/how-to-create-a-request-object-for-your-lambda-event-from-api-gateway/

Here is the Mapping Template you can use:

{
  "method": "$context.httpMethod",
  "body" : $input.json('$'),
  "headers": {
    #foreach($param in $input.params().header.keySet())
    "$param": "$util.escapeJavaScript($input.params().header.get($param))" #if($foreach.hasNext),#end

    #end
  },
  "queryParams": {
    #foreach($param in $input.params().querystring.keySet())
    "$param": "$util.escapeJavaScript($input.params().querystring.get($param))" #if($foreach.hasNext),#end

    #end
  },
  "pathParams": {
    #foreach($param in $input.params().path.keySet())
    "$param": "$util.escapeJavaScript($input.params().path.get($param))" #if($foreach.hasNext),#end

    #end
  }  
}