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

while this is an old thread, I have found it best to use lambda proxy integration for the purpose. With this you do not have to configure anything in the API gateway and you get all the headers in your lambda function...