getting message: forbidden reply from AWS API gateway

Question

I am trying to create a lambda service on AWS and have it accessed from outside via the API gateway with no authentication or restriction required.

To make things ea

Answer 1

There are a few things to do when we receive the {message: forbidden} in the API Gateway:

CORS enabled?

1. Check if CORS is Enabled within the API ( to start with, allow the origin '*', to make sure we can test safely )
2. Deploy the API to make sure all settings are as expected

API Key enabled?

3. Check if we have the API Key enabled in the API Gateway
4. Check if there is an API Key configured.
5. Check if your API Key is assigned to the correct usageplan and add an API Stage, without the API Stage you will always receive an {message: forbidden}

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